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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition vs SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition 24 GB GDDR6X · 1.70 GHz · 350 W Speed index 29/100

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition has 10496 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.70 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 35.58 TFLOPS.

SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.21 GHz · 65 W Speed index 1/100

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G 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.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition is 2,793 % faster than the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders EditionSAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5
Speed index
29/100
1/100
FP32
35.58 TFLOPS
1.23 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.70 GHz
1.21 GHz
Memory Size
24 GB GDDR6X
4 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
936 GB/s
96 GB/s
TDP
350 W
65 W
Launch Price
1,499 $
79 $

GPU

GPUNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders EditionSAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5
Based onNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa)
GPU ChipGA102-300-A1Lexa PRO
Streaming Multiprocessors828
Shader10496512
Render Output Units11216
Texture Units32832
Raytracing Cores82--
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 82 streaming multiprocessors.

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

Memory

MemoryNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders EditionSAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5
Memory Size24 GB4 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6XGDDR5
Memory Clock1.219 GHz1.500 GHz
Memory Speed19.5 Gbps6.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth936 GB/s96 GB/s
Memory Interface384 bit128 bit
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition is equipped with a 24 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.219 GHz clocks.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 has a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.500GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders EditionSAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5
Base Clock1.395 GHz1.100 GHz
Boost Clock1.695 GHz1.206 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition has a turbo clock of 1.695 GHz. The turbo frequency of the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 is 1.206 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders EditionSAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5
TDP350 W65 W
Tjunction max93 °C80 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 8-Pin--
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 93 °C.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G 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 & FansNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders EditionSAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 12 x 110 mm1 x 90 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB--
Noise (Load)37 dB--
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition are cooled with a Air cooling.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders EditionSAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.11x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort3x DP 1.4a1x DP 1.4
DVI--1
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders EditionSAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5
Max. resolution7680x43205120x2880
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12
RaytracingYesNo
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders EditionSAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9DecodeDecode
AV1DecodeNo
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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

DimensionsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders EditionSAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5
Length313 mm158 mm
Height138 mm112 mm
Width--28 mm
Width (Slots)3 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders EditionSAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 8
Release dateQ3/2020Q4/2017
Launch Price1,499 $79 $
Structure size8 nm14 nm
Part-no900-1G136-2510-00011268-01
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 8 nanometer process, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition was released in Q3/2020.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 published in Q4/2017 is manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers.

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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition +1,763.4 %

  1. 10,193
  2. 547

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. 13,417
  2. no data

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. 5,416
  2. no data

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)

  1. 64 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 78 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 113 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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)

  1. 42 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 80 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 130 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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 3090 Founders Edition +1,300.0 %

  1. 112 fps (avg)
  2. 8 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition +1,075.0 %

  1. 188 fps (avg)
  2. 16 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition +769.6 %

  1. 200 fps (avg)
  2. 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition +1,215.4 %

  1. 191,364
  2. 14,548

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition +1,144.2 %

  1. 167,948
  2. 13,498

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. no data
  2. 18,668

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