MSI GeForce GTX 980
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SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 has 2048 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.22 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 4.98 TFLOPS.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 has 512 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.21 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 1.23 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 16 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 is based on the GCN 4 architecture and is equipped with 8 execution units.

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 has a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 has a turbo clock of 1.216 GHz. The turbo frequency of the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 is 1.206 GHz.

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 has 2 x 6-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 98 °C.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 is equipped with a PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 80 °C.

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 980 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 is cooled by a Air cooling.

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12.

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.

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 is 38 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 is 38 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, MSI GeForce GTX 980 was released in Q3/2014.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 published in Q4/2017 is manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers.