ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4G EVO
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4G EVO is based on the AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa) (GCN 4) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 96 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 (Turing) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

GPU

The ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4G EVO has the Lexa PRO graphics chip installed, which is based on the GCN 4 architecture.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G OC is based on the graphics chip TU116-300-A1, which comes from the Turing architecture.
ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4G EVO GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G OC
AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa) Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
Lexa PRO GPU Chip TU116-300-A1
GCN 4 Architecture Turing
8 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
512 Shader 1408
16 Render Output Units 48
32 Texture Units 88
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4G EVO clocks at 1.500 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 6.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G OC is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

4 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.500 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
6.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
96 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.100 GHz Base Clock 1.530 GHz
1.183 GHz Boost Clock 1.830 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4G EVO is powered by connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 50 W.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G OC has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 130 W.

50 W TDP 130 W
-- TDP (up) --
80 °C Tjunction max 95 °C
PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4G EVO is equipped with a total of 1 Axial main fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G OC has 1 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4G EVO.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G OC supports the operation of a maximum of 3 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 3
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
1x DP v1.4 DP Ports 1x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4G EVO it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 5120x2880 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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

Dimensions

The ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4G EVO is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 8 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G OC needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

192 mm Length 178 mm
115 mm Height 126 mm
39 mm Width 41 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 561 g
PCIe 3.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4G EVO has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q2/2017.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G OC came on the market in Q1/2019 and will have a structure width of 12 nanometers manufactured.

PH-RX550-4G-EVO Part-no --
Q2/2017 Release date Q1/2019
79 $ (Reference) Launch Price 219 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 12 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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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