PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 2GB GDDR5 Low Profile
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle OC 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR


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 GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle OC 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 LHR (Ampere) and has 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 360 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 GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle OC 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR is based on the graphics chip GA106-302-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 2GB GDDR5 Low Profile GPU GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle OC 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR
AMD Radeon RX 550 (Baffin 8 CU) Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 LHR
Baffin LE GPU Chip GA106-302-A1
GCN 4 Architecture Ampere
8 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
512 Shader 3584
16 Render Output Units 48
32 Texture Units 112
0 Raytracing Cores 28

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 GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle OC 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR is 15.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.875 GHz.

2 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.500 GHz Memory Clock 1.875 GHz
6.0 Gbps Memory Speed 15.0 Gbps
48 GB/s Memory bandwidth 360 GB/s
64 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.019 GHz Base Clock 1.320 GHz
1.071 GHz Boost Clock 1.807 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.78 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

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 GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle OC 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 170 W.

50 W TDP 170 W
-- TDP (up) 180 W
80 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle OC 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 35 dB

Connectivity

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

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle OC 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.1
-- DP Ports 2x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- 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 GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle OC 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR is 7680x4320 pixels.

5120x2880 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
No DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

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

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 GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle OC 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

181 mm Length 242 mm
79 mm Height 124 mm
20 mm Width 41 mm
1 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

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 GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle OC 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR came on the market in Q2/2021 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

AXRX 550 2GBD5-HLE Part-no GV-N3060EAGLE OC-12GD
Q4/2017 Release date Q2/2021
79 $ Launch Price 439 $
14 nm Structure size 8 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)

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)

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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