AMD Radeon RX 560 XT vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560 XT and NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon RX 560 XT

NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.7x more core clock speed: 973 MHz vs 360 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 110 nm
8.3x more memory clock speed: 6600 MHz vs 800 MHz

Launch date	13 March 2019 vs 20 April 2006
Core clock speed	973 MHz vs 360 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 110 nm
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

5x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 150 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560 XT	NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
Geekbench - OpenCL	32412
PassMark - G3D Mark		64
PassMark - G2D Mark		325

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560 XT	NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Curie
Code name	Ellesmere	NV43 A2
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	13 March 2019	20 April 2006
Place in performance rating	720	499
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1073 MHz
Core clock speed	973 MHz	360 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	110 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	146 million
Texture fill rate		2.88 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort count	3
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	241 mm	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz	800 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory bandwidth		12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory type		GDDR3