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


GPU comparison with benchmarks

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.

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.

GPU

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.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition GPU SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Based on AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa)
GA102-300-A1 GPU Chip Lexa PRO
Ampere Architecture GCN 4
82 Streaming Multiprocessors 8
10496 Shader 512
112 Render Output Units 16
328 Texture Units 32
82 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

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.

24 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR5
1.219 GHz Memory Clock 1.500 GHz
19.5 Gbps Memory Speed 6.0 Gbps
936 GB/s Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

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.

1.395 GHz Base Clock 1.100 GHz
1.695 GHz Boost Clock 1.206 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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.

350 W TDP 65 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 80 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

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.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 110 mm Fan 1 1 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
37 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

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.

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 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.

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

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.

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 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.

313 mm Length 158 mm
138 mm Height 112 mm
-- Width 28 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 8

Additional data

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.

900-1G136-2510-000 Part-no 11268-01
Q3/2020 Release date Q4/2017
1,499 $ Launch Price 79 $
8 nm Structure size 14 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

Rate these graphics cards now

Here you can rate the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 5.0 stars (1 ratings). Rate now:
Here you can rate the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 0 stars (0 ratings). Rate now:

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)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition
24 GB GDDR6X
112 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5
4 GB GDDR5
8 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition
24 GB GDDR6X
188 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5
4 GB GDDR5
16 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition
24 GB GDDR6X
200 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)

Popular comparisons

1. ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3090 OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3090 OC vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition
2. MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio 24G NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio 24G vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition
3. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition vs ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090
4. MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Suprim X 24G NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Suprim X 24G vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition
5. ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Trinity NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Trinity vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition
6. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 XTREME 24G NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition vs GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 XTREME 24G
7. EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti FTW3 Ultra Gaming NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti FTW3 Ultra Gaming vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition
8. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G OC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition vs MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G OC
9. EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 KINGPIN HYBRID GAMING NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 KINGPIN HYBRID GAMING vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition
10. GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3090 VISION OC 24G NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3090 VISION OC 24G vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition


back to index
Facebook
Twitter