AMD Radeon RX 550 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

AMD Radeon RX 550 $79
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 $699
640 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
1071MHz
2560 Shaders
8GB GDDR5X
1733MHz
FP32
1.37 TFLOPS
FP32
8.87 TFLOPS
FP16
1.37 TFLOPS
FP16
0.14 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
60W
TDP
180W
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Power Connectors
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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
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
GCN 4
Architecture
Pascal
Family
Radeon RX 500
Family
GeForce 10
Codename
Baffin
Polaris 11
Variant
Polaris 11 XL
Codename
NV134
GP104
Variant
GP104-400-A1
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
4/20/2017
Release Date
5/27/2016
Foundry
GlobalFoundries
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
14LPP
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Fabrication Node
16FF
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Die Size
123 mm²
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Die Size
314 mm²
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Transistor Count
3 Billion
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Transistor Count
7.2 Billion
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Transistor Density
24.39M/mm²
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Transistor Density
22.93M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
640 Shaders
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Shading Units
2560 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
40 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
160 TMUs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
Render Output Units
64 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
20 SMs
Compute Units
10 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
4 GPCs
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1019MHz Base
1071MHz
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1607MHz Base
1733MHz
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FP16
1.37 TFLOPS
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FP16
0.14 TFLOPS
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FP32
1.37 TFLOPS
FP32
8.87 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.09 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.28 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
17.136 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
110.912 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
42.84 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
277.28 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
1MB Shared
L2
2MB Shared
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2GB
GDDR5
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8GB
GDDR5X
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Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
1500MHz
Transfer Rate
6GT/s
Bandwidth
96GB/s
Clock
1250MHz
Transfer Rate
2.5GT/s
Bandwidth
80GB/s
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TDP
60W
TDP
180W
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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-D Dual-Link
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.0
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Max Resolution
5120x2880
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
30Hz
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 4
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 3
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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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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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
6.1
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PureVideo HD
VP8
VDPAU
Feature Set H
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1x Fan
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1x Fan
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Power Connectors
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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 - 2-way SLI HB
Height
110 mm (4.33 in)
Width
145 mm (5.71 in)
Depth
37 mm (1.46 in)
Height
112 mm (4.41 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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