EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING ACX 2.0+
vs
XFX Radeon RX 550 4GB Core Edition


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING ACX 2.0+ and the XFX Radeon RX 550 4GB Core Edition, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING ACX 2.0+ is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti and has 2816 texture shaders and 22 execution units.

XFX Radeon RX 550 4GB Core Edition is based on AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa), which has 512 shaders and 8 execution units.
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING ACX 2.0+ GPU XFX Radeon RX 550 4GB Core Edition
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Based on AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa)
GM200-310-A1 GPU Chip Lexa PRO
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture GCN 4
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 8
2816 Shader 512
96 Render Output Units 16
176 Texture Units 32
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING ACX 2.0+ has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 337 GB/s.

The XFX Radeon RX 550 4GB Core Edition can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
337 GB/s Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING ACX 2.0+ clocks in the base with up to 1.102 GHz. The base frequency of the XFX Radeon RX 550 4GB Core Edition is 1.100 GHz.

1.102 GHz Base Clock 1.100 GHz
1.190 GHz Boost Clock 1.203 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING ACX 2.0+ is 250 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The XFX Radeon RX 550 4GB Core Edition has a TDP of 50 W and is supplied with the required energy via PCIe power connectors.

250 W TDP 50 W
-- TDP (up) --
91 °C Tjunction max 80 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING ACX 2.0+ has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The XFX Radeon RX 550 4GB Core Edition has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 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 EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING ACX 2.0+.

The XFX Radeon RX 550 4GB Core Edition 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
3x DP v1.2 DP Ports 1x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING ACX 2.0+ supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the XFX Radeon RX 550 4GB Core Edition 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 EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING ACX 2.0+ is 267 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.

The XFX Radeon RX 550 4GB Core Edition is 170 mm long, 121 mm high and 40 mm wide.

267 mm Length 170 mm
111 mm Height 121 mm
-- Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 8

Additional data

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING ACX 2.0+ was released in Q2/2015 at a price of 749 $.

The XFX Radeon RX 550 4GB Core Edition was introduced in Q4/2017 at a price of 79 $.

06G-P4-4993-KR Part-no RX-550P4SFG5
Q2/2015 Release date Q4/2017
749 $ Launch Price 79 $
28 nm Structure size 14 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

XFX Radeon RX 550 4GB Core Edition XFX Radeon RX 550 4GB Core Edition
4 GB GDDR5
16 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

XFX Radeon RX 550 4GB Core Edition XFX Radeon RX 550 4GB Core Edition
4 GB GDDR5
23 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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