In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G and the ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G is 121 % faster than the ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB.
The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and has 1024 texture shaders and 8 execution units.
ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB is based on AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa), which has 512 shaders and 8 execution units.
Memory
Memory
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G
ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB
Memory Size
4 GB
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
1.750 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
112 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
128 bit
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The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.
The ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB can access 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G
ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB
Base Clock
1.241 GHz
1.100 GHz
Boost Clock
1.304 GHz
1.183 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
1.28 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G clocks in the base with up to 1.241 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB is 1.100 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G
ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB
TDP
120 W
50 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
80 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.
The ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB has a TDP of 50 W and is supplied with the required energy via -- PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G
ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 100 mm
1 x 80 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
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The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G has a total of 2 Axial fans.
The ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G
ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
1x DP 1.4
DVI
1
1
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G.
The ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G
ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB
Max. resolution
4096x2160
5120x2880
DirectX
12_1
12
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
No
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB is 5120x2880 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G
ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
No
Decode
AV1
No
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G
ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB
Length
267 mm
182 mm
Height
139 mm
112 mm
Width
40 mm
43 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
833 g
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SFF-Ready
No
No
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The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G is 267 mm long, 139 mm high and 40 mm wide.
The ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB is 182 mm long, 112 mm high and 43 mm wide.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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.
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