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.
Memory
Memory
MSI GeForce GTX 980
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5
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
224 GB/s
112 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
128 bit
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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.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
MSI GeForce GTX 980
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5
Base Clock
1.127 GHz
1.100 GHz
Boost Clock
1.216 GHz
1.206 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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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.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
MSI GeForce GTX 980
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5
TDP
165 W
65 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
80 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 6-Pin
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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.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
MSI GeForce GTX 980
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5
Fan-Type
Radial
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 65 mm
1 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
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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.
Connectivity
Connectivity
MSI GeForce GTX 980
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5
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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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.
Featureset
Featureset
MSI GeForce GTX 980
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5
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 980 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.
The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
MSI GeForce GTX 980
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
No
Decode
AV1
No
No
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
MSI GeForce GTX 980
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5
Length
267 mm
158 mm
Height
111 mm
112 mm
Width
38 mm
28 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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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.
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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