AMD Radeon RX 550 vs NVIDIA Quadro 4000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550 and NVIDIA Quadro 4000 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 2.3x more core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 475 MHz
  • 2.5x more texture fill rate: 37.86 GTexel / s vs 15.2 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 512 vs 256
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2.8x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 142 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • 2.5x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 2808 MHz
  • Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2690 vs 1476
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 476 vs 382
  • 2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11610 vs 5013
  • 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 33.507 vs 13.345
  • 3.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1037.305 vs 306.122
  • Around 97% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.064 vs 1.552
  • 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 52.533 vs 20.453
  • 3.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 140.911 vs 39.651
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4485 vs 2079
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4485 vs 2079
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 2 November 2010
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 475 MHz
Texture fill rate 37.86 GTexel / s vs 15.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 512 vs 256
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 142 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 2808 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2690 vs 1476
PassMark - G2D Mark 476 vs 382
Geekbench - OpenCL 11610 vs 5013
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 33.507 vs 13.345
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1037.305 vs 306.122
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.064 vs 1.552
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 52.533 vs 20.453
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 140.911 vs 39.651
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4485 vs 2079
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4485 vs 2079

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 4000

  • 405.3x better floating-point performance: 486.4 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
  • 3.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3472 vs 940
  • Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 2158
  • 3.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3472 vs 940
  • Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 2158
Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance 486.4 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3472 vs 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 vs 2158
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3472 vs 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 vs 2158

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro 4000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2690
1476
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
476
382
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11610
5013
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
33.507
13.345
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1037.305
306.122
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.064
1.552
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
52.533
20.453
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
140.911
39.651
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4485
2079
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
940
3472
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2158
3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4485
2079
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
940
3472
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2158
3350
Name AMD Radeon RX 550 NVIDIA Quadro 4000
PassMark - G3D Mark 2690 1476
PassMark - G2D Mark 476 382
Geekbench - OpenCL 11610 5013
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 33.507 13.345
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1037.305 306.122
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.064 1.552
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 52.533 20.453
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 140.911 39.651
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4485 2079
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 940 3472
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2158 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4485 2079
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 940 3472
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2158 3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 127 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 550 NVIDIA Quadro 4000

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Fermi
Code name Lexa GF100
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 2 November 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $79 $1,199
Place in performance rating 876 1047
Price now $75 $141.66
Type Desktop Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 59.51 17.08

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1183 MHz
Core clock speed 1100 MHz 475 MHz
Floating-point performance 1.2 TFLOPs 486.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 512 256
Texture fill rate 37.86 GTexel / s 15.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 142 Watt
Transistor count 2,200 million 3,100 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 145 mm 241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 89.9 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 2808 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)