Radeon RX 550X vs GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2

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Radeon RX 460 Radeon RX 470 Radeon RX 480 Radeon RX 550 Radeon RX 550X Radeon RX 550X 640SP Radeon RX 560 Radeon RX 570 Radeon RX 580 Radeon RX 580 2048SP Radeon RX 590

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2 and Radeon RX 550X, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 570 Rev. 2
2010
1280 MB GDDR5, 219 Watt
7.08
+19.2%

GTX 570 Rev. 2 outperforms RX 550X by a moderate 19% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Contents

GTX 570 Rev. 2 GTX 570 Rev. 2
RX 550X RX 550X

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking544582
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.98no data
Power efficiency2.258.26
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGF110Lexa
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date7 December 2010 (13 years ago)16 December 2018 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$349 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores480512
Core clock speed732 MHz1100 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1183 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)219 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate43.9237.86
Floating-point processing power1.405 TFLOPS1.211 TFLOPS
ROPs4016
TMUs6032

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length267 mm145 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1280 MB4 GB
Memory bus width320 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed950 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth152.0 GB/s96 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI++

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA2.0-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 7.08 5.94
Recency 7 December 2010 16 December 2018
Maximum RAM amount 1280 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 219 Watt 50 Watt

GTX 570 Rev. 2 has a 19.2% higher aggregate performance score.

RX 550X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, a 220% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 338% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 550X in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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Community ratings

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