PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 2GB GDDR5 Low Profile
vs
ASUS GeForce GT 730 2GD5


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 2GB GDDR5 Low Profile is based on the AMD Radeon RX 550 (Baffin 8 CU) (GCN 4) and has 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 48 GB/s.

The ASUS GeForce GT 730 2GD5 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 (Kepler 2.0) and has 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 40 GB/s.

GPU

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 2GB GDDR5 Low Profile has the Baffin LE graphics chip installed, which is based on the GCN 4 architecture.

The ASUS GeForce GT 730 2GD5 is based on the graphics chip GK208-302-B1, which comes from the Kepler 2.0 architecture.
PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 2GB GDDR5 Low Profile GPU ASUS GeForce GT 730 2GD5
AMD Radeon RX 550 (Baffin 8 CU) Based on NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
Baffin LE GPU Chip GK208-302-B1
GCN 4 Architecture Kepler 2.0
8 Streaming Multiprocessors 2
512 Shader 384
16 Render Output Units 8
32 Texture Units 32
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 2GB GDDR5 Low Profile clocks at 1.500 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 6.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASUS GeForce GT 730 2GD5 is 5.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.253 GHz.

2 GB Memory Size 2 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.500 GHz Memory Clock 1.253 GHz
6.0 Gbps Memory Speed 5.0 Gbps
48 GB/s Memory bandwidth 40 GB/s
64 bit Memory Interface 64 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.019 GHz Base Clock 0.902 GHz
1.071 GHz Boost Clock 0.902 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking No

Thermal Design

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 2GB GDDR5 Low Profile is powered by connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 50 W.

The ASUS GeForce GT 730 2GD5 has PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 38 W.

50 W TDP 38 W
-- TDP (up) --
80 °C Tjunction max Unknown
PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 2GB GDDR5 Low Profile is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.

The ASUS GeForce GT 730 2GD5 has 0 -- main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type --
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 --
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Passive cooling
dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 2GB GDDR5 Low Profile.

The ASUS GeForce GT 730 2GD5 supports the operation of a maximum of 3 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 3
2.2 HDCP-Version 1.4
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v1.4a
-- DP Ports --
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports 1
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 2GB GDDR5 Low Profile it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 5120x2880 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS GeForce GT 730 2GD5 is 3840x2160 pixels.

5120x2880 Max. resolution 3840x2160
12 DirectX 12 (11_1)
No Raytracing No
No DLSS / FSR No
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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

Dimensions

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 2GB GDDR5 Low Profile is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 8 lanes and requires 1 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASUS GeForce GT 730 2GD5 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 2.0 x 8 Lanes interface.

181 mm Length 165 mm
79 mm Height 69 mm
20 mm Width 39 mm
1 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 2.0 x 8

Additional data

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 2GB GDDR5 Low Profile has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q4/2017.

The ASUS GeForce GT 730 2GD5 came on the market in Q2/2014 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.

AXRX 550 2GBD5-HLE Part-no GT730-SL-2GD5-BRK
Q4/2017 Release date Q2/2014
79 $ Launch Price 59 $
14 nm Structure size 28 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

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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