NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
VS
AMD Radeon RX 550
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
VS
AMD Radeon RX 550

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A and AMD Radeon RX 550. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

421
Place in performance rating
398
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Value for money (0-100)
32.72
Maxwell
Architecture
GCN 4.0
GM107
Code name
Lexa
Desktop
Type
Desktop
13 March 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
20 April 2017 (4 years ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$79
$1099
Price now
$851 (10.8x MSRP)
1.09
Value for money
2.89
GM107
GPU code name
Lexa
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A and AMD Radeon RX 550 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

640
Pipelines
512
993 MHz
Core clock speed
1100 MHz
1124 MHz
Boost Clock
1183 MHz
1,870 million
Transistor count
2,200 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
75 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
44.96
Texture fill rate
37.86
1,271 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,211 gflops
640
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
1124 MHz
Boost clock speed
1183 MHz
1,870 million
Number of transistors
2,200 million
75 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
50 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A and AMD Radeon RX 550.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
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Length
145 mm
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Supplementary power connectors
None

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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A and AMD Radeon RX 550 can be seen in this section.

DDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
2002 MHz
Memory clock speed
7000 MHz
32.03 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
112.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A and AMD Radeon RX 550, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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HDMI
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A and AMD Radeon RX 550. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

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

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A and AMD Radeon RX 550 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A or AMD Radeon RX 550 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
AMD Radeon RX 550
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
AMD Radeon RX 550
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
AMD Radeon RX 550
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
AMD Radeon RX 550
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
AMD Radeon RX 550
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

More pipelines (640 vs 512)

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 550

Cheaper ($851 (10.8x MSRP) vs $1099)

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 32.03 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A or AMD Radeon RX 550?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A versus AMD Radeon RX 550 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score AMD Radeon RX 550
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