SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2
vs
INNO3D GeForce GTX 980 iCHILL HerculeZ X4 Air Boss DHS


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 and the INNO3D GeForce GTX 980 iCHILL HerculeZ X4 Air Boss DHS, 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.

INNO3D GeForce GTX 980 iCHILL HerculeZ X4 Air Boss DHS is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980, which has 2048 shaders and 16 execution units.
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 GPU INNO3D GeForce GTX 980 iCHILL HerculeZ X4 Air Boss DHS
AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa) Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Lexa PRO GPU Chip GM204-400-A1
GCN 4 Architecture Maxwell 2.0
8 Streaming Multiprocessors 16
512 Shader 2048
16 Render Output Units 64
32 Texture Units 128
0 Raytracing Cores 0

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 INNO3D GeForce GTX 980 iCHILL HerculeZ X4 Air Boss DHS can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 233 GB/s.

2 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.820 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.3 Gbps
112 GB/s Memory bandwidth 233 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 INNO3D GeForce GTX 980 iCHILL HerculeZ X4 Air Boss DHS is 1.304 GHz.

1.100 GHz Base Clock 1.304 GHz
1.183 GHz Boost Clock 1.418 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 INNO3D GeForce GTX 980 iCHILL HerculeZ X4 Air Boss DHS has a TDP of 165 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

65 W TDP 165 W
-- TDP (up) --
80 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The INNO3D GeForce GTX 980 iCHILL HerculeZ X4 Air Boss DHS has 4 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 1 x 45 mm
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

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 INNO3D GeForce GTX 980 iCHILL HerculeZ X4 Air Boss DHS supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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 3x DP v1.2
1 DVI Ports 1
-- 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 INNO3D GeForce GTX 980 iCHILL HerculeZ X4 Air Boss DHS is 4096x2160 pixels.

5120x2880 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR No
No LED lighting LED Addressable LED

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 No
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 No

Dimensions

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

The INNO3D GeForce GTX 980 iCHILL HerculeZ X4 Air Boss DHS is 300 mm long, 115 mm high and -- wide.

158 mm Length 300 mm
112 mm Height 115 mm
28 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 SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 was released in Q4/2017 at a price of 79 $.

The INNO3D GeForce GTX 980 iCHILL HerculeZ X4 Air Boss DHS was introduced in Q1/2015 at a price of 599 $.

11268-06 Part-no C98X-1SDN-M5DNX
Q4/2017 Release date Q1/2015
79 $ Launch Price 599 $
14 nm Structure size 28 nm
data sheet Documents --

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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)

SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2
2 GB GDDR5
8 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2
2 GB GDDR5
16 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2
2 GB GDDR5
23 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)

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