NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
vs
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 1.0)


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 1.0), we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and has 3584 texture shaders and 28 execution units.

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 1.0) is based on AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa), which has 512 shaders and 8 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GPU GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 1.0)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Based on AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa)
GA106-300-A1 GPU Chip Lexa PRO
Ampere Architecture GCN 4
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 8
3584 Shader 512
48 Render Output Units 16
112 Texture Units 32
28 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 has 12 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 1.0) can access 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

12 GB Memory Size 2 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.875 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
15.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
360 GB/s Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 clocks in the base with up to 1.320 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 1.0) is 1.100 GHz.

1.320 GHz Base Clock 1.100 GHz
1.777 GHz Boost Clock 1.195 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.18 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is 170 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 1.0) has a TDP of 60 W and is supplied with the required energy via PCIe power connectors.

170 W TDP 60 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 80 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 has a total of 0 Axial fans.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 1.0) has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
-- 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 1.0) 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
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 1x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 1.0) 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is -- long, -- high and -- wide.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 1.0) is 170 mm long, 115 mm high and 29 mm wide.

-- Length 170 mm
-- Height 115 mm
-- Width 29 mm
-- Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 8

Additional data

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 was released in Q1/2021 at a price of 329 $ (Reference).

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 1.0) was introduced in Q2/2017 at a price of 79 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no GV-RX550D5-2GD
Q1/2021 Release date Q2/2017
329 $ (Reference) Launch Price 79 $ (Reference)
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)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
5068

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
2177

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)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
35 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
55 fps (avg)

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)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
58 fps (avg)

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)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 1.0) GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 1.0)
2 GB GDDR5
8 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
94 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 1.0) GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 1.0)
2 GB GDDR5
16 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
130 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 1.0) GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 1.0)
2 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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