MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1050 GAMING 2G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC and the MSI GeForce GTX 1050 GAMING 2G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC is based on the AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa) and has 512 texture shaders and 8 execution units.

MSI GeForce GTX 1050 GAMING 2G is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2GB, which has 640 shaders and 5 execution units.
MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1050 GAMING 2G
AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa) Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2GB
Lexa PRO GPU Chip GP107-300-A1
GCN 4 Architecture Pascal
8 Streaming Multiprocessors 5
512 Shader 640
16 Render Output Units 32
32 Texture Units 40
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC has 2 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1050 GAMING 2G can access 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

2 GB Memory Size 2 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.752 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
112 GB/s Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC clocks in the base with up to 1.100 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1050 GAMING 2G is 1.354 GHz.

1.100 GHz Base Clock 1.354 GHz
1.203 GHz Boost Clock 1.493 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.47 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC is 50 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the connector.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1050 GAMING 2G has a TDP of 75 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

50 W TDP 75 W
-- TDP (up) --
80 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC has a total of 1 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1050 GAMING 2G has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 85 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 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 Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1050 GAMING 2G supports a maximum of 3 screens.

4 Max. Displays 3
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
1x DP v1.4 DP Ports 1x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC supports a maximum resolution of 5120x2880 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 1050 GAMING 2G is 7680x4320 pixels.

5120x2880 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED MSI Mystic Light

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
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 No
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC is 155 mm long, 112 mm high and 38 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1050 GAMING 2G is 229 mm long, 131 mm high and 39 mm wide.

155 mm Length 229 mm
112 mm Height 131 mm
38 mm Width 39 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 527 g
PCIe 3.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC was released in Q2/2017 at a price of 79 $ (Reference).

The MSI GeForce GTX 1050 GAMING 2G was introduced in Q3/2016 at a price of 109 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no --
Q2/2017 Release date Q3/2016
79 $ (Reference) Launch Price 109 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 14 nm
-- 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

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 Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC
2 GB GDDR5
8 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1050 GAMING 2G MSI GeForce GTX 1050 GAMING 2G
2 GB GDDR5
14 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC
2 GB GDDR5
16 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1050 GAMING 2G MSI GeForce GTX 1050 GAMING 2G
2 GB GDDR5
29 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC
2 GB GDDR5
23 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1050 GAMING 2G MSI GeForce GTX 1050 GAMING 2G
2 GB GDDR5
36 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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