ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB
vs
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB and the ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB is based on the AMD Radeon RX 550 (Baffin 10 CU) and has 640 texture shaders and 10 execution units.

ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, which has 1664 shaders and 13 execution units.
ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB GPU ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC
AMD Radeon RX 550 (Baffin 10 CU) Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Baffin LE GPU Chip GM204-200-A1
GCN 4 Architecture Maxwell 2.0
10 Streaming Multiprocessors 13
640 Shader 1664
16 Render Output Units 56
40 Texture Units 104
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB has 2 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 96 GB/s.

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

2 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.500 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
6.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
96 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB clocks in the base with up to 1.019 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC is 1.114 GHz.

1.019 GHz Base Clock 1.114 GHz
1.071 GHz Boost Clock 1.253 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB is 60 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the connector.

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC has a TDP of 145 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

60 W TDP 145 W
-- TDP (up) --
80 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB has a total of 1 Axial fans.

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 80 mm Fan 1 2 x 95 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 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 Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB.

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB supports a maximum resolution of 5120x2880 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC is 4096x2160 pixels.

5120x2880 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR No
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
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC No
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 No

Dimensions

The ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB is 192 mm long, 115 mm high and 39 mm wide.

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC is 280 mm long, 140 mm high and 40 mm wide.

192 mm Length 280 mm
115 mm Height 140 mm
39 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB was released in Q1/2021 at a price of 79 $.

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC was introduced in Q3/2014 at a price of 329 $.

PH-RX550-2G Part-no STRIX-GTX970-DC2OC-4GD5
Q1/2021 Release date Q3/2014
79 $ Launch Price 329 $
14 nm Structure size 28 nm
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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 Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB
2 GB GDDR5
9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB
2 GB GDDR5
18 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB
2 GB GDDR5
25 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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