In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G and the MSI Radeon 550 2GT LP OC, 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 138 % faster than the MSI Radeon 550 2GT LP OC.
The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and has 1024 texture shaders and 8 execution units.
MSI Radeon 550 2GT LP OC is based on AMD Radeon 550, which has 512 shaders and 8 execution units.
Memory
Memory
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G
MSI Radeon 550 2GT LP OC
Memory Size
4 GB
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
1.500 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
6.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
56 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
64 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 MSI Radeon 550 2GT LP OC can access 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 56 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G
MSI Radeon 550 2GT LP OC
Base Clock
1.241 GHz
1.100 GHz
Boost Clock
1.304 GHz
1.203 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 MSI Radeon 550 2GT LP OC is 1.100 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G
MSI Radeon 550 2GT LP OC
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 MSI Radeon 550 2GT LP OC 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
MSI Radeon 550 2GT LP OC
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 100 mm
2 x 50 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 MSI Radeon 550 2GT LP OC has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G
MSI Radeon 550 2GT LP OC
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
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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 MSI Radeon 550 2GT LP OC supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G
MSI Radeon 550 2GT LP OC
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 MSI Radeon 550 2GT LP OC is 5120x2880 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G
MSI Radeon 550 2GT LP OC
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
MSI Radeon 550 2GT LP OC
Length
267 mm
170 mm
Height
139 mm
69 mm
Width
40 mm
36 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 MSI Radeon 550 2GT LP OC is 170 mm long, 69 mm high and 36 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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