GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 1.0)
vs
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 1.0) has 2176 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.65 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 7.18 TFLOPS.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 has 512 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.18 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 1.21 TFLOPS.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 1.0) is equipped with a graphics chip of the Turing architecture, which has 34 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 is based on the GCN 4 architecture and is equipped with 8 execution units.
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 1.0) GPU SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Based on AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa)
TU106 GPU Chip Lexa PRO
Turing Architecture GCN 4
34 Streaming Multiprocessors 8
2176 Shader 512
64 Render Output Units 16
136 Texture Units 32
34 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 1.0) is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 has a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 2 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 1.0) has a turbo clock of 1.650 GHz. The turbo frequency of the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 is 1.183 GHz.

1.470 GHz Base Clock 1.100 GHz
1.650 GHz Boost Clock 1.183 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 1.0) has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 89 °C.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 is equipped with a PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 80 °C.

175 W TDP 65 W
-- TDP (up) --
89 °C Tjunction max 80 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 1.0) are cooled with a Air cooling.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 1 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 1.0) supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b 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 GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 1.0) supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 5120x2880
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

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

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 1.0) is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

265 mm Length 158 mm
121 mm Height 112 mm
40 mm Width 28 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 8

Additional data

Manufactured using the 12 nanometer process, GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 1.0) was released in Q3/2019.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 published in Q4/2017 is manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers.

GV-N206SWF2-8GD Part-no 11268-06
Q3/2019 Release date Q4/2017
399 $ (Reference) Launch Price 79 $
12 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.

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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