NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630 vs AMD Radeon RX 550
            NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630
            
                
            
        
    
            AMD Radeon RX 550
            
                $79
            
        
    | 
                             512 Shaders 
                            4GB GDDR6 
                            1785MHz 
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                             640 Shaders 
                            2GB GDDR5 
                            1071MHz 
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                             Peak AI Performance 
                            3.66 TFLOPS 
                            FP16 
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                             Peak AI Performance 
                            1.37 TFLOPS 
                            FP16 
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                             FP32 
                            1.83 TFLOPS 
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                             FP32 
                            1.37 TFLOPS 
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                             FP16 
                            3.66 TFLOPS 
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                             FP16 
                            1.37 TFLOPS 
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                             Form Factor 
                            PCIe Card 
                            - 
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                             Form Factor 
                            PCIe Card 
                            2.0-Slots 
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                             TDP 
                            75W 
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                             TDP 
                            60W 
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                                         GB6 Metal N/A 
                                            
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB5 OpenCL N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB5 OpenCL N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB5 CUDA N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB5 CUDA N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB5 Metal N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB5 Metal N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB5 Vulkan N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB5 Vulkan N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         OCT 2020.1 N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         OCT 2020.1 N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         OCT Metal N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         OCT Metal N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         Peak AI
                                            Performance 
                                        
                                            3.66 TFLOPS
                                         
                                        
                                            FP16
                                         
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                                         Peak AI
                                            Performance 
                                        
                                            1.37 TFLOPS
                                         
                                        
                                            FP16
                                         
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                                            FP16
                                         
                                        
                                            3.66 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
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                                            FP16
                                         
                                        
                                            1.37 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
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                                            FP32
                                         
                                        
                                            1.83 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
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                                            FP32
                                         
                                        
                                            1.37 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
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                                            FP64
                                         
                                        
                                            60 GFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
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                                            FP64
                                         
                                        
                                            90 GFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
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                                            INT32
                                         
                                        
                                            1.83 TOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
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                                         Pixel
                                            Fillrate 
                                        
                                            28.56 GPixel/s
                                         
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                                         Pixel
                                            Fillrate 
                                        
                                            17.136 GPixel/s
                                         
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                                         Texture
                                            Fillrate 
                                        
                                            57.12 GTexel/s
                                         
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                                         Texture
                                            Fillrate 
                                        
                                            42.84 GTexel/s
                                         
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                                         Manufacturer 
                                        
                                            NVIDIA
                                        
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                                         Manufacturer 
                                        
                                            AMD
                                        
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                                         Chip Designer 
                                        
                                            NVIDIA
                                        
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                                         Chip Designer 
                                        
                                            AMD
                                        
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                                         Architecture 
                                        
                                            Turing
                                        
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                                         Architecture 
                                        
                                            GCN 4
                                        
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                                         Family 
                                        
                                            GeForce 16
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Family 
                                        
                                            Radeon RX 500
                                        
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                                         Codename 
                                        NV167 
                                        TU117 
                                        Variant 
                                        TU117-150-A1 
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                                         Codename 
                                        Baffin 
                                        Polaris 11 
                                        Variant 
                                        Polaris 11 XL 
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                                         Market Segment 
                                        Desktop 
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                                         Market Segment 
                                        Desktop 
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                                         Release Date 
                                        6/28/2022 
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                                         Release Date 
                                        4/20/2017 
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                                         Foundry 
                                        TSMC 
                                        - 
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                                         Foundry 
                                        GlobalFoundries 
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                                         Fabrication Node 
                                        12FFN 
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                                         Fabrication Node 
                                        14LPP 
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                                         Die Size 
                                        200 mm² 
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                                         Die Size 
                                        123 mm² 
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                                         Transistor Count 
                                        4.7 Billion 
                                        - 
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                                         Transistor Count 
                                        3 Billion 
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                                         Transistor Density 
                                        23.50M/mm² 
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                                         Transistor Density 
                                        24.39M/mm² 
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                                         Form 
                                        PCIe Card 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Form 
                                        PCIe Card 
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                                         Shading Units 
                                        512 Shaders 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Shading Units 
                                        640 Shaders 
                                        - 
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                                         Texture Mapping Units 
                                        32 TMUs 
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                                         Texture Mapping Units 
                                        40 TMUs 
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                                         Render Output Units 
                                        16 ROPs 
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                                         Render Output Units 
                                        16 ROPs 
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                                         Streaming Multiprocessors 
                                        8 SMs 
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                                         Compute Units 
                                        10 CUs 
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                                        1740MHz Base 
                                        1785MHz 
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                                        1019MHz Base 
                                        1071MHz 
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                                         L1 
                                        32KB/SM Tex 
                                        64KB/SM 
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                                         L1 
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                                        16KB/CU 
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                                         L2 
                                        1MB Shared 
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                                         L2 
                                        1MB Shared 
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                                         4GB 
                                        GDDR6 
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                                         2GB 
                                        GDDR5 
                                        - 
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                                         Bus Width 
                                        64Bit 
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                                         Bus Width 
                                        128Bit 
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                                         Clock 
                                        1500MHz 
                                        Transfer Rate 
                                        12GT/s 
                                        Bandwidth 
                                        96GB/s 
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                                         Clock 
                                        1500MHz 
                                        Transfer Rate 
                                        6GT/s 
                                        Bandwidth 
                                        96GB/s 
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                                         TDP 
                                        75W 
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                                         TDP 
                                        60W 
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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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                                        1x DisplayPort 1.4 
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                                        1x HDMI 2.0 
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                                         Max Resolution 
                                        7680x4320 
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                                         Max Resolution 
                                        5120x2880 
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                                         Max Resolution Refresh Rate 
                                        60Hz 
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                                         Max Resolution Refresh Rate 
                                        60Hz 
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                                         Variable Refresh Rate 
                                        G-Sync 
                                        FreeSync 
                                        - 
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                                         Variable Refresh Rate 
                                        - 
                                        FreeSync 
                                        - 
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                                         Display Stream Compression (DSC) 
                                        Supported 
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                                         Display Stream Compression (DSC) 
                                        Not Supported 
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                                         Multi Monitor Support 
                                        4 
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                                         Multi Monitor Support 
                                        3 
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                                         Content Protection 
                                        HDCP 2.2 
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                                         Content Protection 
                                        HDCP 2.2 
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                                         Model 
                                        NVENC 7 
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                                         Model 
                                        VCE 3.4 
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                                         Codec 
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                                        AVC (H.264) 
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                                         Codec 
                                        - 
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                                        AVC (H.264) 
                                        HEVC (H.265) 
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                                         Model 
                                        NVDEC 4 
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                                         Model 
                                        UVD 6.3 
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                                         Codec 
                                        MPEG-1 
                                        MPEG-2 
                                        MPEG-4 
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                                        VC-1 
                                        VP8 
                                        VP9 
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                                        AVC (H.264) 
                                        HEVC (H.265) 
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                                         Codec 
                                        MPEG-1 
                                        MPEG-2 
                                        MPEG-4 
                                        JPEG 
                                        VC-1 
                                        - 
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                                        AVC (H.264) 
                                        HEVC (H.265) 
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                                         Direct X 
                                        12 
                                        Direct 3D 
                                        12_2 
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                                         Direct X 
                                        12 
                                        Direct 3D 
                                        12_0 
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                                         OpenGL 
                                        4.6 
                                        OpenCL 
                                        3.0 
                                        Vulkan 
                                        1.2 
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                                         OpenGL 
                                        4.6 
                                        OpenCL 
                                        2.1 
                                        Vulkan 
                                        1.3 
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                                         Shader Model 
                                        6.6 
                                        CUDA 
                                        7.5 
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                                        PureVideo HD 
                                        VP10 
                                        VDPAU 
                                        Feature Set J 
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                                         Shader Model 
                                        6.7 
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                                        GFX 
                                        8 
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                                         Not a Card 
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                                        1x Fan 
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                                        1x Fan 
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                                        PCIe Version 
                                        3.0 
                                        PCIe Lanes 
                                        16 
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                                         Slots Required 
                                        2.0 
                                        PCIe Version 
                                        3.0 
                                        PCIe Lanes 
                                        8 
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                                         Multi GPU Support 
                                        Supported 
                                        Type 
                                        CrossFire XDMA 
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                                         Height 
                                        110 mm (4.33 in) 
                                        Width 
                                        145 mm (5.71 in) 
                                        Depth 
                                        37 mm (1.46 in) 
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