ASUS GeForce GTX 950 Mini V2
vs
PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 V2


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the ASUS GeForce GTX 950 Mini V2 and the PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 V2, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The ASUS GeForce GTX 950 Mini V2 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 and has 768 texture shaders and 6 execution units.

PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 V2 is based on AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa), which has 512 shaders and 8 execution units.
ASUS GeForce GTX 950 Mini V2 GPU PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 V2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 Based on AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa)
GM206-250-A1 GPU Chip Lexa PRO
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture GCN 4
6 Streaming Multiprocessors 8
768 Shader 512
32 Render Output Units 16
48 Texture Units 32
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The ASUS GeForce GTX 950 Mini V2 has 2 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 106 GB/s.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 V2 can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

2 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.653 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
6.6 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
106 GB/s Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS GeForce GTX 950 Mini V2 clocks in the base with up to 1.051 GHz. The base frequency of the PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 V2 is 1.100 GHz.

1.051 GHz Base Clock 1.100 GHz
1.228 GHz Boost Clock 1.190 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS GeForce GTX 950 Mini V2 is 90 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the connector.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 V2 has a TDP of 50 W and is supplied with the required energy via PCIe power connectors.

90 W TDP 50 W
-- TDP (up) --
95 °C Tjunction max 80 °C
PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS GeForce GTX 950 Mini V2 has a total of 1 Hybrid Radial/Axial fans.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 V2 has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Hybrid Radial/Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the ASUS GeForce GTX 950 Mini V2.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 V2 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The ASUS GeForce GTX 950 Mini V2 supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 V2 is 5120x2880 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 5120x2880
12_1 DirectX 12
No Raytracing No
No DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The ASUS GeForce GTX 950 Mini V2 is 172 mm long, 112 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 V2 is 225 mm long, 128 mm high and 38 mm wide.

172 mm Length 225 mm
112 mm Height 128 mm
40 mm Width 38 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 8

Additional data

The ASUS GeForce GTX 950 Mini V2 was released in Q2/2016 at a price of 149 $.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 V2 was introduced in Q2/2017 at a price of 79 $.

MINI-GTX950-2G / 90YV08U1-M0NA00 Part-no AXRX 550 4GBD5-DH/OC
Q2/2016 Release date Q2/2017
149 $ Launch Price 79 $
28 nm Structure size 14 nm
-- 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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