SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 V2
vs
KFA2 GeForce RTX 3060 EX (1-Click OC)


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 V2 has 512 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.18 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 1.21 TFLOPS.

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3060 EX (1-Click OC) has 3584 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.82 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 13.04 TFLOPS.

GPU

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 V2 is equipped with a graphics chip of the GCN 4 architecture, which has 8 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card KFA2 GeForce RTX 3060 EX (1-Click OC) is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 28 execution units.
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 V2 GPU KFA2 GeForce RTX 3060 EX (1-Click OC)
AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa) Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Lexa PRO GPU Chip GA106-300-A1
GCN 4 Architecture Ampere
8 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
512 Shader 3584
16 Render Output Units 48
32 Texture Units 112
0 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 V2 is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3060 EX (1-Click OC) has a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.875GHz.

4 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.875 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 15.0 Gbps
112 GB/s Memory bandwidth 360 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 V2 has a turbo clock of 1.183 GHz. The turbo frequency of the KFA2 GeForce RTX 3060 EX (1-Click OC) is 1.822 GHz.

1.100 GHz Base Clock 1.320 GHz
1.183 GHz Boost Clock 1.822 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.81 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 V2 has connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 80 °C.

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3060 EX (1-Click OC) is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

65 W TDP 170 W
-- TDP (up) --
80 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 V2 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3060 EX (1-Click OC) is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 102 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 V2 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3060 EX (1-Click OC) supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

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 V2 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12.

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3060 EX (1-Click OC) supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

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

Supported Video Codecs

This 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.

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 V2 is 28 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the KFA2 GeForce RTX 3060 EX (1-Click OC) is 28 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

158 mm Length 299 mm
112 mm Height 139 mm
28 mm Width 50 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 14 nanometer process, SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 V2 was released in Q4/2017.

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3060 EX (1-Click OC) published in Q1/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

11268-05 Part-no 36NOL7MD2NEK
Q4/2017 Release date Q1/2021
79 $ Launch Price 329 $ (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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 V2 SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 V2
4 GB GDDR5
16 fps (avg)
KFA2 GeForce RTX 3060 EX (1-Click OC) KFA2 GeForce RTX 3060 EX (1-Click OC)
12 GB GDDR6
96 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 V2 SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 V2
4 GB GDDR5
23 fps (avg)
KFA2 GeForce RTX 3060 EX (1-Click OC) KFA2 GeForce RTX 3060 EX (1-Click OC)
12 GB GDDR6
133 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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