AMD Radeon RX 550
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
AMD Radeon RX 550
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon RX 550 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

398
Place in performance rating
427
32.72
Value for money (0-100)
no data
GCN 4.0
Architecture
Maxwell
Lexa
Code name
GM107
Desktop
Type
Desktop
20 April 2017 (4 years ago)
Release date
13 March 2015 (6 years ago)
$79
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$851 (10.8x MSRP)
Price now
$243
2.89
Value for money
4.55
Lexa
GPU code name
GM107
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon RX 550 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

512
Pipelines
640
1100 MHz
Core clock speed
1029 MHz
1183 MHz
Boost Clock
1085 MHz
2,200 million
Transistor count
1,870 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
50 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
37.86
Texture fill rate
43.40
1,211 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,389 gflops
512
Pipelines / CUDA cores
640
1183 MHz
Boost clock speed
1085 MHz
2,200 million
Number of transistors
1,870 million
50 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
75 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon RX 550 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A.

PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
145 mm
Length
no data
None
Supplementary power connectors
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon RX 550 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
7000 MHz
Memory clock speed
5012 MHz
112.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
80.19 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon RX 550 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
No outputs
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HDMI
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon RX 550 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_0)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon RX 550 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon RX 550 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon RX 550
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon RX 550
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon RX 550
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon RX 550
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon RX 550
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 550

0.1% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (50 Watt vs 75 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (112.0 GB/s vs 80.19 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

Cheaper ($243 vs $851 (10.8x MSRP))

More pipelines (640 vs 512)

So, AMD Radeon RX 550 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 550 .

AMD Radeon RX 550 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score AMD Radeon RX 550
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A