AMD Radeon RX 550X vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550X and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 550X

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550X

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 80% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 612 MHz
1313.3x more texture fill rate: 51.48 GTexel/s vs 39.2 billion / sec
4x more pipelines: 512 vs 128
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 90 nm
3.4x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 171 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
6.5x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 422 vs 252
3.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2253 vs 643

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 2 May 2007
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 612 MHz
Texture fill rate	51.48 GTexel/s vs 39.2 billion / sec
Pipelines	512 vs 128
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 171 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	422 vs 252
PassMark - G3D Mark	2253 vs 643

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra

234.6x better floating-point performance: 387.1 gflops vs 1.65 TFLOPs

Floating-point performance	387.1 gflops vs 1.65 TFLOPs

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

422

252

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2253

643

Name	AMD Radeon RX 550X	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra
PassMark - G2D Mark	422	252
PassMark - G3D Mark	2253	643
Geekbench - OpenCL	8679
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3428
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3428
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3139
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3139
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 550X	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Tesla
Code name	Lexa	G80
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	2 May 2007
Place in performance rating	628	616
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$829
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1287 MHz
Compute units	8/10
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	612 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.65 TFLOPs	387.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	512	128
Pixel fill rate	20.60 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512/640
Texture fill rate	51.48 GTexel/s	39.2 billion / sec
Texture Units	40
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	171 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	681 million
CUDA cores		612
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	145 mm	270 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	103.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1080 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
SLI