GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE WB 12G
vs
ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2G EVO


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE WB 12G and the ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2G EVO, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE WB 12G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB and has 8960 texture shaders and 70 execution units.

ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2G EVO is based on AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa), which has 512 shaders and 8 execution units.
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE WB 12G GPU ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2G EVO
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB Based on AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa)
GA102 GPU Chip Lexa PRO
Ampere Architecture GCN 4
70 Streaming Multiprocessors 8
8960 Shader 512
112 Render Output Units 16
280 Texture Units 32
70 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE WB 12G has 12 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 912 GB/s.

The ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2G EVO can access 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 96 GB/s.

12 GB Memory Size 2 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR5
1.188 GHz Memory Clock 1.500 GHz
19.0 Gbps Memory Speed 6.0 Gbps
912 GB/s Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE WB 12G clocks in the base with up to 1.260 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2G EVO is 1.100 GHz.

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

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE WB 12G is 350 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2G EVO has a TDP of 50 W and is supplied with the required energy via PCIe power connectors.

350 W TDP 50 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 80 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE WB 12G has a total of 0 -- fans.

The ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2G EVO has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

-- Fan-Type Axial
-- Fan 1 1 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Water cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE WB 12G.

The ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2G EVO supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE WB 12G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2G EVO is 5120x2880 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 5120x2880
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
GIGABYTE RGB Fusion 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 Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE WB 12G is 252 mm long, 163 mm high and 29 mm wide.

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

252 mm Length 192 mm
163 mm Height 115 mm
29 mm Width 39 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 8

Additional data

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE WB 12G was released in Q1/2022 at a price of 699 $ (Reference).

The ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2G EVO was introduced in Q2/2017 at a price of 79 $ (Reference).

GV-N3080AORUSX WB-12GD Part-no PH-RX550-2G-EVO
Q1/2022 Release date Q2/2017
699 $ (Reference) Launch Price 79 $ (Reference)
8 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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

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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