Radeon RX 550X 640SP vs GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2

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Contents

GTX 570 Rev. 2 GTX 570 Rev. 2
RX 550X 640SP RX 550X 640SP

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking547not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.98no data
Power efficiency2.25no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGF110Baffin
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date7 December 2010 (13 years ago)11 April 2018 (6 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 cores480640
Core clock speed732 MHz1019 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1071 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)219 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate43.9242.84
Floating-point processing power1.405 TFLOPS1.371 TFLOPS
ROPs4016
TMUs6040

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 MB2 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-

Pros & cons summary

Recency 7 December 2010 11 April 2018
Maximum RAM amount 1280 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 219 Watt 60 Watt

RX 550X 640SP has an age advantage of 7 years, a 60% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 265% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2 and Radeon RX 550X 640SP. We've got no test results to judge.

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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