ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB has 640 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.07 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 1.37 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING has 3584 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.63 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 11.70 TFLOPS.

GPU

The ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB is equipped with a graphics chip of the GCN 4 architecture, which has 10 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 28 execution units.
ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING
AMD Radeon RX 550 (Baffin 10 CU) Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Baffin LE GPU Chip GP102-350-K1-A1
GCN 4 Architecture Pascal
10 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
640 Shader 3584
16 Render Output Units 88
40 Texture Units 224
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB is equipped with a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.500 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING has a 11 GB large GDDR5X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.391GHz.

2 GB Memory Size 11 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5X
1.500 GHz Memory Clock 1.391 GHz
6.0 Gbps Memory Speed 11.1 Gbps
96 GB/s Memory bandwidth 489 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 352 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB has a turbo clock of 1.071 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING is 1.632 GHz.

1.019 GHz Base Clock 1.480 GHz
1.071 GHz Boost Clock 1.632 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.62 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB has connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 80 °C.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING is equipped with a 3 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 91 °C.

60 W TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) --
80 °C Tjunction max 91 °C
PCIe-Power 3 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 80 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 1 x 90 mm
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.0b
1x DP v1.4 DP Ports 2x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

5120x2880 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB is 39 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING is 39 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

192 mm Length 320 mm
115 mm Height 140 mm
39 mm Width 61 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1707 g
PCIe 3.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 14 nanometer process, ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB was released in Q4/2017.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING published in Q1/2017 is manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers.

AREZ-PH-RX550-2G Part-no --
Q4/2017 Release date Q1/2017
79 $ (Reference) Launch Price 699 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 16 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB
2 GB GDDR5
9 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING
11 GB GDDR5X
58 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB
2 GB GDDR5
18 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING
11 GB GDDR5X
107 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB
2 GB GDDR5
25 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING
11 GB GDDR5X
151 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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