GeForce GTX 950 vs Radeon RX 550

GeForce GTX 950
Radeon RX 550
768 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
1188MHz
640 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
1071MHz
FP32
1.83 TFLOPS
FP32
1.37 TFLOPS
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FP16
1.37 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
90W
TDP
60W
Power Connectors
1x 6-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
0%
OCT Metal - N/A
0%
OCT Metal - N/A
0%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
Maxwell 2
Architecture
GCN 4
Family
GeForce 900
Family
Radeon RX 500
Codename
NV126
GM206
Variant
GM206-250
Codename
Baffin
Polaris 11
Variant
Polaris 11 XL
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
8/20/2015
Release Date
4/20/2017
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
GlobalFoundries
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Fabrication Node
14LPP
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Die Size
227 mm²
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Die Size
123 mm²
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Transistor Count
2.9 Billion
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Transistor Count
3 Billion
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Transistor Density
12.95M/mm²
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Transistor Density
24.39M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
768 Shaders
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Shading Units
640 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
48 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
40 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
6 SMs
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Compute Units
10 CUs
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1024MHz Base
1188MHz
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1019MHz Base
1071MHz
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FP16
1.37 TFLOPS
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FP32
1.83 TFLOPS
FP32
1.37 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.06 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.09 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
38.016 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
17.136 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
57.024 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
42.84 GTexel/s
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L1
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48KB/SM
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L2
1MB Shared
L2
1MB Shared
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2GB
GDDR5
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2GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
1650MHz
Transfer Rate
6.6GT/s
Bandwidth
105.6GB/s
Clock
1500MHz
Transfer Rate
6GT/s
Bandwidth
96GB/s
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TDP
90W
TDP
60W
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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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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
4096x2304
Max Resolution
5120x2880
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
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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
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Content Protection
HDCP 2.2
Model
NVENC 3
Model
VCE 3.4
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
NVDEC 2
Model
UVD 6.3
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_1
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_0
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
5.2
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PureVideo HD
VP7
VDPAU
Feature Set F
Shader Model
6.7
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GFX
8
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1x Fan
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
8
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
2-way SLI
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
202 mm (7.95 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
Height
110 mm (4.33 in)
Width
145 mm (5.71 in)
Depth
37 mm (1.46 in)
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