AMD Radeon RX 550 8CU vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

AMD Radeon RX 550 8CU $79
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti $649
512 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
1183MHz
2816 Shaders
6GB GDDR5
1075MHz
FP32
1.21 TFLOPS
FP32
6.05 TFLOPS
FP16
1.21 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
50W
TDP
250W
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
GCN 4
Architecture
Maxwell 2
Family
Radeon RX 500
Family
GeForce 900
Codename
Lexa
Polaris 12
Variant
Polaris 12 XL
Codename
NV120
GM200
Variant
GM200-310
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
4/20/2017
Release Date
6/1/2015
Foundry
GlobalFoundries
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
14LPP
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
103 mm²
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Die Size
601 mm²
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Transistor Count
2.2 Billion
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Transistor Count
8 Billion
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Transistor Density
21.36M/mm²
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Transistor Density
13.31M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
512 Shaders
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Shading Units
2816 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
32 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
176 TMUs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
Render Output Units
96 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
22 SMs
Compute Units
8 CUs
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1100MHz Base
1183MHz
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1000MHz Base
1075MHz
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FP16
1.21 TFLOPS
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FP32
1.21 TFLOPS
FP32
6.05 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.08 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.19 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
18.928 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
103.2 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
37.856 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
189.2 GTexel/s
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L1
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48KB/SM
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L2
512KB Shared
L2
3MB Shared
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2GB
GDDR5
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6GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
384Bit
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
7GT/s
Bandwidth
112GB/s
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
7GT/s
Bandwidth
336GB/s
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TDP
50W
TDP
250W
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1x DVI-D Dual-Link
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1x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.0
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1x DVI-I Dual-Link
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3x DisplayPort 1.2
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1x HDMI 2.0
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Max Resolution
5120x2880
Max Resolution
4096x2304
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.2
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Model
VCE 3.4
Model
2x NVENC 3
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
UVD 6.3
Model
NVDEC 1
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_0
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.7
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GFX
8
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Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
5.2
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PureVideo HD
VP6
VDPAU
Feature Set E
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1x Fan
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1x Fan
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Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
8
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way SLI
Height
110 mm (4.33 in)
Width
145 mm (5.71 in)
Depth
37 mm (1.46 in)
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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