GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 2.0) vs MSI GeForce GTX 1050 AERO ITX 2G OC

GPU comparison with benchmarks In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 2.0) and the MSI GeForce GTX 1050 AERO ITX 2G OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 2.0) is based on the AMD Radeon RX 550 (Baffin 10 CU) and has 640 texture shaders and 10 execution units. MSI GeForce GTX 1050 AERO ITX 2G OC is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2GB, which has 640 shaders and 5 execution units.
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 2.0)	GPU	MSI GeForce GTX 1050 AERO ITX 2G OC
AMD Radeon RX 550 (Baffin 10 CU)	Based on	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2GB
Baffin LE	GPU Chip	GP107-300-A1
GCN 4	Architecture	Pascal
10	Streaming Multiprocessors	5
640	Shader	640
16	Render Output Units	32
40	Texture Units	40
0	Raytracing Cores	0

Memory The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 2.0) has 2 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 96 GB/s. The MSI GeForce GTX 1050 AERO ITX 2G OC can access 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.
2 GB	Memory Size	2 GB
GDDR5	Memory Type	GDDR5
1.500 GHz	Memory Clock	1.752 GHz
6.0 Gbps	Memory Speed	7.0 Gbps
96 GB/s	Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s
128 bit	Memory Interface	128 bit

Clock Speeds The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 2.0) clocks in the base with up to 1.019 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1050 AERO ITX 2G OC is 1.404 GHz.
1.019 GHz	Base Clock	1.404 GHz
1.082 GHz	Boost Clock	1.518 GHz
1.07 GHz	Avg (Game) Clock
Yes	Overclocking	Yes

Thermal Design The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 2.0) is 60 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the connector. The MSI GeForce GTX 1050 AERO ITX 2G OC has a TDP of 75 W and is supplied with the required energy via PCIe power connectors.
60 W	TDP	75 W
--	TDP (up)	--
80 °C	Tjunction max	97 °C
	PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 2.0) has a total of 1 Axial fans. The MSI GeForce GTX 1050 AERO ITX 2G OC has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Axial	Fan-Type	Axial
1 x 90 mm	Fan 1	1 x 90 mm
--	Fan 2	--
Air cooling	Cooler-Type	Air cooling
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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 2.0). The MSI GeForce GTX 1050 AERO ITX 2G OC supports a maximum of 3 screens.
4	Max. Displays	3
2.2	HDCP-Version	2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b	HDMI Ports	1x HDMI v2.0b
1x DP v1.4	DP Ports	1x DP v1.4
1	DVI Ports	1
--	VGA Ports	--
--	USB-C Ports	--

Featureset The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 2.0) supports a maximum resolution of 5120x2880 pixels. The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 1050 AERO ITX 2G OC is 7680x4320 pixels.
5120x2880	Max. resolution	7680x4320
12	DirectX	12_1
No	Raytracing	No
Yes	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
Decode / Encode	h265 / HEVC	Decode / Encode
No	AV1	No
Decode	VP8	No
Decode	VP9	Decode

Dimensions The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 2.0) is 170 mm long, 115 mm high and 29 mm wide. The MSI GeForce GTX 1050 AERO ITX 2G OC is 155 mm long, 112 mm high and 37 mm wide.
170 mm	Length	155 mm
115 mm	Height	112 mm
29 mm	Width	37 mm
2 PCIe-Slots	Width (Slots)	2 PCIe-Slots
--	Weight	308 g
PCIe 3.0 x 8	GPU Interface	PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 2.0) was released in Q4/2017 at a price of 79 $ (Reference). The MSI GeForce GTX 1050 AERO ITX 2G OC was introduced in Q3/2016 at a price of 109 $ (Reference).
GV-RX550D5-2GD	Part-no	--
Q4/2017	Release date	Q3/2016
79 $ (Reference)	Launch Price	109 $ (Reference)
14 nm	Structure size	14 nm
data sheet	Documents	data sheet

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 2.0)
1.019 GHz, 2 GB (60 W TDP)

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MSI GeForce GTX 1050 AERO ITX 2G OC
1.404 GHz, 2 GB (75 W TDP)

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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


	GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 2.0) 2 GB GDDR5	575
	MSI GeForce GTX 1050 AERO ITX 2G OC 2 GB GDDR5	813

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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)


	GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 2.0) 2 GB GDDR5	9 fps (avg)
	MSI GeForce GTX 1050 AERO ITX 2G OC 2 GB GDDR5	15 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 2.0) 2 GB GDDR5	18 fps (avg)
	MSI GeForce GTX 1050 AERO ITX 2G OC 2 GB GDDR5	29 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 2.0) 2 GB GDDR5	25 fps (avg)
	MSI GeForce GTX 1050 AERO ITX 2G OC 2 GB GDDR5	37 fps (avg)

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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


	GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 2.0) 2 GB GDDR5	12457
	MSI GeForce GTX 1050 AERO ITX 2G OC 2 GB GDDR5	17467

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan


	GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 2.0) 2 GB GDDR5	11580
	MSI GeForce GTX 1050 AERO ITX 2G OC 2 GB GDDR5	16051

Geekbench 6 - Metal


	GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 2.0) 2 GB GDDR5	16010

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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)


	GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 2.0) 2 GB GDDR5	1.38
	MSI GeForce GTX 1050 AERO ITX 2G OC 2 GB GDDR5	1.94

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GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 2.0)vsMSI GeForce GTX 1050 AERO ITX 2G OC

GPU comparison with benchmarks

GPU

Memory

Clock Speeds

Thermal Design

Cooler & Fans

Connectivity

Featureset

Supported Video Codecs

Dimensions

Additional data