AMD Radeon RX 550X vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550X and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 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 Quadro FX 1000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550X

Videocard is newer: launch date 15 year(s) 2 month(s) later
3.7x more core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 300 MHz
21450x more texture fill rate: 51.48 GTexel/s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 130 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
11.7x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 411 vs 266
67.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2284 vs 34

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 21 January 2003
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	51.48 GTexel/s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	411 vs 266
PassMark - G3D Mark	2284 vs 34

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550X
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

411

266

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2284

Name	AMD Radeon RX 550X	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000
PassMark - G2D Mark	411	266
PassMark - G3D Mark	2284	34
Geekbench - OpenCL	8957
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 Quadro FX 1000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Rankine
Code name	Lexa	NV30
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	21 January 2003
Place in performance rating	641	640
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1287 MHz
Compute units	8/10
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.65 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	512
Pixel fill rate	20.60 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512/640
Texture fill rate	51.48 GTexel/s	2.4 GTexel / s
Texture Units	40
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	125 million
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	AGP 8x
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	12	9.0a
OpenGL	4.5	1.5 (2.1)
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support