Radeon RX 550 vs TITAN Xp

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared TITAN Xp and Radeon RX 550, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

TITAN Xp
2017
12 GB GDDR5X, 250 Watt
50.34
+610%

TITAN Xp outperforms RX 550 by a whopping 610% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking57542
Place by popularitynot in top-10022
Cost-effectiveness evaluation13.152.92
Power efficiency13.949.82
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGP102Lexa
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date6 April 2017 (7 years ago)20 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,199 $79

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

TITAN Xp has 350% 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 cores3840512
Core clock speed1405 MHz1100 MHz
Boost clock speed1582 MHz1183 MHz
Number of transistors11,800 million2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate379.737.86
Floating-point processing power12.15 TFLOPS1.211 TFLOPS
ROPs9616
TMUs24032

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
Length267 mm145 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 typeGDDR5XGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount12 GB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1426 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth547.6 GB/s112.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x 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 Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA6.1-

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.

TITAN Xp 50.34
+610%
RX 550 7.09

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.

TITAN Xp 19424
+610%
RX 550 2736

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.

TITAN Xp 72420
+541%
RX 550 11299

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 50.34 7.09
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 50 Watt

TITAN Xp has a 610% higher aggregate performance score, and a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RX 550, on the other hand, has a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 400% lower power consumption.

The TITAN Xp is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 550 in performance tests.


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