PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 Low Profile
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
GPU comparison with benchmarksThe PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 Low Profile has 512 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.07 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 1.10 TFLOPS.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 has 640 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.46 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 1.86 TFLOPS. |
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GPUThe PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 Low Profile is equipped with a graphics chip of the GCN 4 architecture, which has 8 streaming multiprocessors. The graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 5 execution units. |
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| PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 Low Profile | GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 |
| AMD Radeon RX 550 (Baffin 8 CU) | Based on | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2GB |
| Baffin LE | GPU Chip | GP107-300-A1 |
| GCN 4 | Architecture | Pascal |
| 8 | Streaming Multiprocessors | 5 |
| 512 | Shader | 640 |
| 16 | Render Output Units | 32 |
| 32 | Texture Units | 40 |
| 0 | Raytracing Cores | 0 |
MemoryThe PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 Low Profile is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.500 GHz clocks. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 has a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.752GHz. |
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| 4 GB | Memory Size | 2 GB |
| GDDR5 | Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| 1.500 GHz | Memory Clock | 1.752 GHz |
| 6.0 Gbps | Memory Speed | 7.0 Gbps |
| 96 GB/s | Memory bandwidth | 112 GB/s |
| 128 bit | Memory Interface | 128 bit |
Clock SpeedsThe PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 Low Profile has a turbo clock of 1.071 GHz. The turbo frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 is 1.455 GHz. |
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| 1.019 GHz | Base Clock | 1.354 GHz |
| 1.071 GHz | Boost Clock | 1.455 GHz |
| Avg (Game) Clock | ||
| Yes | Overclocking | Yes |
Thermal DesignThe PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 Low Profile has connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 80 °C. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 is equipped with a PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 97 °C. |
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| 50 W | TDP | 75 W |
| -- | TDP (up) | -- |
| 80 °C | Tjunction max | 97 °C |
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Cooler & FansThe graphics processor and graphics memory of the PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 Low Profile are cooled with a Air cooling. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 is cooled by a Air cooling. |
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| Radial | Fan-Type | Axial |
| 1 x 50 mm | Fan 1 | -- |
| -- | Fan 2 | -- |
| Air cooling | Cooler-Type | Air cooling |
| dB | Noise (Idle) | 0 dB |
| -- | Noise (Load) | -- |
ConnectivityThe PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 Low Profile supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions. |
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| 4 | Max. Displays | 3 |
| 2.2 | HDCP-Version | 2.2 |
| 1x HDMI v2.0b | HDMI Ports | 1x HDMI v2.0b |
| -- | DP Ports | 1x DP v1.4 |
| 1 | DVI Ports | 1 |
| -- | VGA Ports | -- |
| -- | USB-C Ports | -- |
FeaturesetThe PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 Low Profile supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1. |
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| 5120x2880 | Max. resolution | 7680x4320 |
| 12 | DirectX | 12_1 |
| No | Raytracing | No |
| No | DLSS / FSR | Yes |
| No LED lighting | LED | No LED lighting |
Supported Video CodecsThis 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. |
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| Decode / Encode | h264 | Decode / Encode |
| Decode / Encode | h265 / HEVC | Decode / Encode |
| No | AV1 | No |
| Decode | VP8 | No |
| Decode | VP9 | Decode |
DimensionsThe PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 Low Profile is 20 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case. The width of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 is 20 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case. |
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| 181 mm | Length | 145 mm |
| 120 mm | Height | 111 mm |
| 20 mm | Width | -- |
| 1 PCIe-Slots | Width (Slots) | 2 PCIe-Slots |
| -- | Weight | -- |
| PCIe 3.0 x 8 | GPU Interface | PCIe 3.0 x 16 |
Additional dataManufactured using the 14 nanometer process, PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 Low Profile was released in Q4/2017. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 published in Q3/2016 is manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers. |
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| AXRX 550 4GBD5-HLE | Part-no | -- |
| Q4/2017 | Release date | Q3/2016 |
| 79 $ | Launch Price | 109 $ (Reference) |
| 14 nm | Structure size | 14 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
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PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 Low Profile
4 GB GDDR5 |
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
2 GB GDDR5 |
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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)
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PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 Low Profile
4 GB GDDR5 |
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
2 GB GDDR5 |
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2560x1440 (1440p)
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PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 Low Profile
4 GB GDDR5 |
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
2 GB GDDR5 |
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1920x1080 (1080p)
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PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 Low Profile
4 GB GDDR5 |
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
2 GB GDDR5 |
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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
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PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 Low Profile
4 GB GDDR5 |
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
2 GB GDDR5 |
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Geekbench 6 - Vulkan
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PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 Low Profile
4 GB GDDR5 |
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
2 GB GDDR5 |
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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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PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 Low Profile
4 GB GDDR5 |
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
2 GB GDDR5 |
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