SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Gaming Trio 12G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP and the MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Gaming Trio 12G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP is based on the AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa) and has 512 texture shaders and 8 execution units.

MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Gaming Trio 12G is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, which has 10240 shaders and 80 execution units.
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Gaming Trio 12G
AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa) Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Lexa PRO GPU Chip GA102-225-A1
GCN 4 Architecture Ampere
8 Streaming Multiprocessors 80
512 Shader 10240
16 Render Output Units 112
32 Texture Units 320
0 Raytracing Cores 80

Memory

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 96 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Gaming Trio 12G can access 12 GB GDDR6X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 912 GB/s.

4 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6X
1.500 GHz Memory Clock 1.188 GHz
6.0 Gbps Memory Speed 19.0 Gbps
96 GB/s Memory bandwidth 912 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP clocks in the base with up to 1.100 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Gaming Trio 12G is 1.365 GHz.

1.100 GHz Base Clock 1.365 GHz
1.206 GHz Boost Clock 1.695 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP is 65 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the connector.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Gaming Trio 12G has a TDP of 350 W and is supplied with the required energy via 3 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

65 W TDP 350 W
-- TDP (up) 400 W
80 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
PCIe-Power 3 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP has a total of 1 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Gaming Trio 12G has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
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 4G G5 LP.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Gaming Trio 12G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP supports a maximum resolution of 5120x2880 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Gaming Trio 12G is 7680x4320 pixels.

5120x2880 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED MSI Mystic Light

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 4G G5 LP is 180 mm long, 69 mm high and 38 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Gaming Trio 12G is 324 mm long, 140 mm high and 56 mm wide.

180 mm Length 324 mm
69 mm Height 140 mm
38 mm Width 56 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1572 g
PCIe 3.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP was released in Q4/2017 at a price of 79 $.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Gaming Trio 12G was introduced in Q2/2021 at a price of 1,199 $ (Reference).

11268-09 Part-no --
Q4/2017 Release date Q2/2021
79 $ Launch Price 1,199 $ (Reference)
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)

SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP
4 GB GDDR5
8 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Gaming Trio 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Gaming Trio 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
112 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP
4 GB GDDR5
16 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Gaming Trio 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Gaming Trio 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
189 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP
4 GB GDDR5
23 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Gaming Trio 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Gaming Trio 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
204 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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