GeForce RTX 2080 Super vs Radeon RX 550

Place in the ranking	542	54
Place by popularity	22	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.92	32.40
Power efficiency	9.82	14.05
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	Lexa	TU104
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	20 April 2017 (7 years ago)	23 July 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	$699

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 2080 Super has 1010% better value for money than RX 550.

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 cores	512	3072
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	1650 MHz
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz	1815 MHz
Number of transistors	2,200 million	13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	250 Watt
Texture fill rate	37.86	348.5
Floating-point processing power	1.211 TFLOPS	11.15 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	64
TMUs	32	192
Tensor Cores	no data	384
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	48

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm	267 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	1937 MHz
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB/s	495.9 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	+	+
G-SYNC support	-	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131
CUDA	-	7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RX 550 7.09

RTX 2080 Super 50.71
+615%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RX 550 2736

RTX 2080 Super 19569
+615%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

RX 550 11299

RTX 2080 Super 115551
+923%

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	18−20 −678%	140 +678%
1440p	12−14 −675%	93 +675%
4K	10−12 −620%	72 +620%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	4.39	4.99
1440p	6.58	7.52
4K	7.90	9.71

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

90−95

+0%

90−95

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	99 +0%	99 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	94 +0%	94 +0%
Battlefield 5	194 +0%	194 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	127 +0%	127 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Far Cry 5	141 +0%	141 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	170 +0%	170 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	266 +0%	266 +0%
Hitman 3	113 +0%	113 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	301 +0%	301 +0%
Metro Exodus	144 +0%	144 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	122 +0%	122 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	198 +0%	198 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	227 +0%	227 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	142 +0%	142 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	79 +0%	79 +0%
Battlefield 5	182 +0%	182 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	120 +0%	120 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Far Cry 5	112 +0%	112 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	128 +0%	128 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	258 +0%	258 +0%
Hitman 3	116 +0%	116 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	283 +0%	283 +0%
Metro Exodus	144 +0%	144 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	100 +0%	100 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	225 +0%	225 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	211 +0%	211 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	68 +0%	68 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	70 +0%	70 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	90 +0%	90 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	89 +0%	89 +0%
Far Cry 5	79 +0%	79 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	133 +0%	133 +0%
Hitman 3	108 +0%	108 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	162 +0%	162 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	189 +0%	189 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	109 +0%	109 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	75 +0%	75 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

118

+0%

118

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	134 +0%	134 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	93 +0%	93 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	58 +0%	58 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	57 +0%	57 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	65 +0%	65 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	57 +0%	57 +0%
Far Cry 5	70 +0%	70 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	249 +0%	249 +0%
Hitman 3	79 +0%	79 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	127 +0%	127 +0%
Metro Exodus	90 +0%	90 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	141 +0%	141 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	211 +0%	211 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

107

+0%

107

+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	62 +0%	62 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	53 +0%	53 +0%
Hitman 3	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	131 +0%	131 +0%
Metro Exodus	89 +0%	89 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	79 +0%	79 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	41 +0%	41 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	36 +0%	36 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	39 +0%	39 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	31 +0%	31 +0%
Far Cry 5	40 +0%	40 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	81 +0%	81 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	82 +0%	82 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	34 +0%	34 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

This is how RX 550 and RTX 2080 Super compete in popular games:

RTX 2080 Super is 678% faster in 1080p
RTX 2080 Super is 675% faster in 1440p
RTX 2080 Super is 620% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	7.09	50.71
Recency	20 April 2017	23 July 2019
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	250 Watt

RX 550 has 400% lower power consumption.

RTX 2080 Super, on the other hand, has a 615.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2080 Super is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 550 in performance tests.

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