PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 2GB GDDR5 OC V2
vs
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC Gaming ACX


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 2GB GDDR5 OC V2 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa) (GCN 4) and has 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC Gaming ACX is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

GPU

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 2GB GDDR5 OC V2 has the Lexa PRO graphics chip installed, which is based on the GCN 4 architecture.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC Gaming ACX is based on the graphics chip GM204-200-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 2GB GDDR5 OC V2 GPU EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC Gaming ACX
AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa) Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Lexa PRO GPU Chip GM204-200-A1
GCN 4 Architecture Maxwell 2.0
8 Streaming Multiprocessors 13
512 Shader 1664
16 Render Output Units 56
32 Texture Units 104
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 2GB GDDR5 OC V2 clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC Gaming ACX is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.

2 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
112 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.100 GHz Base Clock 1.165 GHz
1.190 GHz Boost Clock 1.317 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 2GB GDDR5 OC V2 is powered by connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 50 W.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC Gaming ACX has 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 145 W.

50 W TDP 145 W
-- TDP (up) --
80 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
PCIe-Power 2 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 2GB GDDR5 OC V2 is equipped with a total of 1 Axial main fans.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC Gaming ACX has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 2GB GDDR5 OC V2.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC Gaming ACX supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0
1x DP v1.4 DP Ports 1x DP v1.2
1 DVI Ports 2
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 2GB GDDR5 OC V2 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 5120x2880 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC Gaming ACX is 4096x2160 pixels.

5120x2880 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes 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 / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC No
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 No

Dimensions

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 2GB GDDR5 OC V2 is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 8 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC Gaming ACX needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.

147 mm Length 241 mm
111 mm Height 111 mm
38 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 2GB GDDR5 OC V2 has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q2/2017.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC Gaming ACX came on the market in Q3/2014 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.

AXRX 550 2GBD5-DHV2/OC Part-no 04G-P4-0974-KR
Q2/2017 Release date Q3/2014
79 $ Launch Price 299 $
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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