nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory1664
Cores224.4 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
amd
Brand2GB GDDR5
Memory512
Cores112 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 550
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GeForce GTX 970
$329 • Sep 2014
Radeon RX 550
$79 • Apr 2017
AMD Radeon RX 550
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | AMD Radeon RX 550 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 148 W | 50 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1178 MHz | 1183 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 224.4 GB/s | 112 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 14nm |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | GCN 4.0 |
| Shading Units | 1664 | 512 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 104 | 32 |
| ROPs | 56 | 16 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 128-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1753 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 65.97 GPixel/s | 18.93 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 224.4 GTexel/s | 112 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 3.92 GFLOPS | 1 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 0.50 MB |
| Die Size | 398 mm² | 103 mm² |
| Transistors | 5200 Million | 2200 Million |
| Required PSU | 300 W | 250 W |
| Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin | None |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | GlobalFoundries |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
AMD Radeon RX 550
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
AMD Radeon RX 550
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
AMD Radeon RX 550
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
AMD Radeon RX 550
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA • 4GB GDDR5
AMD Radeon RX 550
AMD • 2GB GDDR5
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