MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OCV1
vs
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OCV1 and the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OCV1 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 and has 2560 texture shaders and 20 execution units.

SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 is based on AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa), which has 512 shaders and 8 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OCV1 GPU SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Based on AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa)
GA106-150-A1 GPU Chip Lexa PRO
Ampere Architecture GCN 4
20 Streaming Multiprocessors 8
2560 Shader 512
48 Render Output Units 16
80 Texture Units 32
20 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OCV1 has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 96 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.500 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 6.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OCV1 clocks in the base with up to 1.552 GHz. The base frequency of the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 is 1.100 GHz.

1.552 GHz Base Clock 1.100 GHz
1.807 GHz Boost Clock 1.206 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OCV1 is 115 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 has a TDP of 65 W and is supplied with the required energy via PCIe power connectors.

115 W TDP 65 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 80 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OCV1 has a total of 1 Axial fans.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

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 RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OCV1.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OCV1 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 is 5120x2880 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 5120x2880
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OCV1 is 168 mm long, 111 mm high and 42 mm wide.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 is 158 mm long, 112 mm high and 28 mm wide.

168 mm Length 158 mm
111 mm Height 112 mm
42 mm Width 28 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
437 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 8

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OCV1 was released in Q4/2022 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 was introduced in Q4/2017 at a price of 79 $.

-- Part-no 11268-01
Q4/2022 Release date Q4/2017
249 $ (Reference) Launch Price 79 $
8 nm Structure size 14 nm
data sheet 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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OCV1 MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OCV1
8 GB GDDR6
39 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5
4 GB GDDR5
8 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OCV1 MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OCV1
8 GB GDDR6
73 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5
4 GB GDDR5
16 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OCV1 MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OCV1
8 GB GDDR6
101 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5
4 GB GDDR5
23 fps (avg)

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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