SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2
vs
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 and the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa) and has 512 texture shaders and 8 execution units.

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, which has 9728 shaders and 76 execution units.
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 GPU ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB
AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa) Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
Lexa PRO GPU Chip AD103-300-A1
GCN 4 Architecture Ada Lovelace
8 Streaming Multiprocessors 76
512 Shader 9728
16 Render Output Units 112
32 Texture Units 304
0 Raytracing Cores 76

Memory

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 has 2 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB can access 16 GB GDDR6X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 717 GB/s.

2 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6X
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.400 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 22.4 Gbps
112 GB/s Memory bandwidth 717 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 clocks in the base with up to 1.100 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB is 2.205 GHz.

1.100 GHz Base Clock 2.205 GHz
1.183 GHz Boost Clock 2.535 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 is 65 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the connector.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB has a TDP of 320 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connectors.

65 W TDP 320 W
-- TDP (up) --
80 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
PCIe-Power 1 x 16-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 has a total of 1 Axial fans.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 110 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 38 dB

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.1a
1x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 supports a maximum resolution of 5120x2880 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB is 7680x4320 pixels.

5120x2880 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED ASUS Aura Sync

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 is 158 mm long, 112 mm high and 28 mm wide.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB is 358 mm long, 149 mm high and 70 mm wide.

158 mm Length 358 mm
112 mm Height 149 mm
28 mm Width 70 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 4 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 was released in Q4/2017 at a price of 79 $.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB was introduced in Q4/2022 at a price of 1,199 $ (Reference).

11268-06 Part-no ROG-STRIX-RTX4080-16G
Q4/2017 Release date Q4/2022
79 $ Launch Price 1,199 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 5 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

Rate these graphics cards now

Here you can rate the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 0 stars (0 ratings). Rate now:
Here you can rate the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 5.0 stars (1 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)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB
16 GB GDDR6X
73 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB
16 GB GDDR6X
121 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB
16 GB GDDR6X
182 fps (avg)

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)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB
16 GB GDDR6X
55 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB
16 GB GDDR6X
109 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB
16 GB GDDR6X
150 fps (avg)

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)

SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2
2 GB GDDR5
8 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB
16 GB GDDR6X
142 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2
2 GB GDDR5
16 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB
16 GB GDDR6X
202 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2
2 GB GDDR5
23 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB
16 GB GDDR6X
202 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 4080 16GB ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB OC Edition ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB vs ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB OC Edition
2. ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4080 16GB ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB vs ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4080 16GB
3. ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
4. ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 vs ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB
5. ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB vs ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080
6. ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 4080 16GB AMP Extreme AIRO ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB vs ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 4080 16GB AMP Extreme AIRO
7. ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB ASUS ROG Strix LC GeForce RTX 3090 Ti ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB vs ASUS ROG Strix LC GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
8. ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4080 16GB AERO OC ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB vs GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4080 16GB AERO OC
9. ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 vs ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB
10. ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12GB ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB vs ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12GB


back to index
Facebook
Twitter