GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 OC
vs
ASRock Phantom Gaming Radeon RX 550 4G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 106 GB/s.

The ASRock Phantom Gaming Radeon RX 550 4G 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.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 OC has the GM206-250-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The ASRock Phantom Gaming Radeon RX 550 4G is based on the graphics chip Lexa PRO, which comes from the GCN 4 architecture.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 OC GPU ASRock Phantom Gaming Radeon RX 550 4G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 Based on AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa)
GM206-250-A1 GPU Chip Lexa PRO
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture GCN 4
6 Streaming Multiprocessors 8
768 Shader 512
32 Render Output Units 16
48 Texture Units 32
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 OC clocks at 1.653 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 6.6 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASRock Phantom Gaming Radeon RX 550 4G is 6.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.500 GHz.

2 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.653 GHz Memory Clock 1.500 GHz
6.6 Gbps Memory Speed 6.0 Gbps
106 GB/s Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.089 GHz Base Clock 1.100 GHz
1.266 GHz Boost Clock 1.230 GHz
1.24 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.18 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 OC is powered by 1 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 90 W.

The ASRock Phantom Gaming Radeon RX 550 4G has PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 50 W.

90 W TDP 50 W
-- TDP (up) --
95 °C Tjunction max 80 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 OC is equipped with a total of 1 Axial main fans.

The ASRock Phantom Gaming Radeon RX 550 4G has 1 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 OC.

The ASRock Phantom Gaming Radeon RX 550 4G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 OC it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASRock Phantom Gaming Radeon RX 550 4G 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 can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 OC is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASRock Phantom Gaming Radeon RX 550 4G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 8 Lanes interface.

173 mm Length 170 mm
121 mm Height 131 mm
36 mm Width 42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 8
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 OC has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q2/2015.

The ASRock Phantom Gaming Radeon RX 550 4G came on the market in Q3/2018 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.

GV-N950OC-2GD Part-no --
Q2/2015 Release date Q3/2018
159 $ Launch Price 99 $
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)

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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