Radeon RX 550X vs GeForce GTX 950 OEM

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated588
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data8.13
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGM206SLexa
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date2016 (8 years ago)16 December 2018 (6 years ago)

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 cores1024512
Core clock speed937 MHz1100 MHz
Boost clock speed1203 MHz1183 MHz
Number of transistors2,940 million2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data50 Watt
Texture fill rate76.9937.86
Floating-point processing powerno data1.211 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs6432

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 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Lengthno data145 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 amount4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed5 GB/s1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth80.19 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.76.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.02.0
Vulkan1.31.2.131
CUDA5.2-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm

RX 550X has a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 950 OEM and Radeon RX 550X. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM
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AMD Radeon RX 550X
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