KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF LN2 GOC
vs
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP LP


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF LN2 GOC has 2816 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.30 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 7.34 TFLOPS.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP LP has 640 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.07 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 1.37 TFLOPS.

GPU

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF LN2 GOC is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 22 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP LP is based on the GCN 4 architecture and is equipped with 10 execution units.
KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF LN2 GOC GPU SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP LP
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Based on AMD Radeon RX 550 (Baffin 10 CU)
GM200-310-A1 GPU Chip Baffin LE
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture GCN 4
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 10
2816 Shader 640
96 Render Output Units 16
176 Texture Units 40
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF LN2 GOC is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP LP has a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.500GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 1.500 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 6.0 Gbps
337 GB/s Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF LN2 GOC has a turbo clock of 1.304 GHz. The turbo frequency of the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP LP is 1.071 GHz.

1.203 GHz Base Clock 1.019 GHz
1.304 GHz Boost Clock 1.071 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF LN2 GOC has 3 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 91 °C.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP LP is equipped with a PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 80 °C.

250 W TDP 65 W
-- TDP (up) --
91 °C Tjunction max 80 °C
3 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF LN2 GOC are cooled with a Air cooling.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP LP is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 40 mm
2 x 80 mm Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF LN2 GOC supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP LP supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.2 DP Ports 1x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF LN2 GOC supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP LP supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 5120x2880
12_1 DirectX 12
No Raytracing No
No DLSS / FSR Yes
Addressable LED 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
No h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
No VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF LN2 GOC is 42 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP LP is 42 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

316 mm Length 180 mm
150 mm Height 69 mm
42 mm Width 38 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 8

Additional data

Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF LN2 GOC was released in Q2/2015.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP LP published in Q4/2017 is manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers.

98IRH5DHH6HV Part-no 11268-17
Q2/2015 Release date Q4/2017
649 $ (Reference) Launch Price 79 $
28 nm Structure size 14 nm
-- 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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