GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 1.0)
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Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom


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GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 1.0)
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Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom

GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 1.0) and the Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 1.0) is based on the AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa) and has 512 texture shaders and 8 execution units.

Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, which has 1664 shaders and 13 execution units.
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 1.0) GPU Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom
AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa) Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Lexa PRO GPU Chip GM204-200-A1
GCN 4 Architecture Maxwell 2.0
8 Streaming Multiprocessors 13
512 Shader 1664
16 Render Output Units 56
32 Texture Units 104
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 1.0) has 2 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.
2 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
112 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 1.0) clocks in the base with up to 1.100 GHz. The base frequency of the Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom is 1.152 GHz.
1.100 GHz Base Clock 1.152 GHz
1.195 GHz Boost Clock 1.304 GHz
1.18 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 1.0) is 60 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the connector.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom has a TDP of 145 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.
60 W TDP 145 W
-- TDP (up) --
80 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
PCIe-Power 2 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 1.0) has a total of 1 Axial fans.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 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 Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 1.0).

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom supports a maximum of 4 screens.
4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0
1x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.2
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 1.0) supports a maximum resolution of 5120x2880 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom is 4096x2160 pixels.
5120x2880 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR No
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
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC No
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 No

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 1.0) is 170 mm long, 115 mm high and 29 mm wide.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom is 247 mm long, 112 mm high and -- wide.
170 mm Length 247 mm
115 mm Height 112 mm
29 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 1.0) was released in Q2/2017 at a price of 79 $ (Reference).

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom was introduced in Q3/2014 at a price of 329 $.
GV-RX550D5-2GD Part-no 426018336-3361
Q2/2017 Release date Q3/2014
79 $ (Reference) Launch Price 329 $
14 nm Structure size 28 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

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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)

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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

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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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