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.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC is 204 % faster than the ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB.
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.
Memory
Memory
ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC
Memory Size
2 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.500 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
6.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
96 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
256 bit
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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.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC
Base Clock
1.019 GHz
1.114 GHz
Boost Clock
1.071 GHz
1.253 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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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.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC
TDP
60 W
145 W
Tjunction max
80 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
--
1 x 8-Pin
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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.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 80 mm
2 x 95 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
--
0 dB
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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.
Connectivity
Connectivity
ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
1x DP 1.4
1x DP 1.2
DVI
1
2
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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.
Featureset
Featureset
ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC
Max. resolution
5120x2880
4096x2160
DirectX
12
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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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.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
No
AV1
No
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC
Length
192 mm
280 mm
Height
115 mm
140 mm
Width
39 mm
40 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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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.
Additional data
Additional data
ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC
GPU Interface
PCIe 3.0 x 8
PCIe 3 x 16
Release date
Q1/2021
Q3/2014
Launch Price
79 $
329 $
Structure size
14 nm
28 nm
Part-no
PH-RX550-2G
STRIX-GTX970-DC2OC-4GD5
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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 $.
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 ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC +168.1 %
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.
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) ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC +204.4 %
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