XFX Radeon RX 550 2GB Low Profile
vs
EVGA GeForce GTX 970


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The XFX Radeon RX 550 2GB Low Profile is based on the AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa) (GCN 4) and has 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

GPU

The XFX Radeon RX 550 2GB Low Profile has the Lexa PRO graphics chip installed, which is based on the GCN 4 architecture.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 is based on the graphics chip GM204-200-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
XFX Radeon RX 550 2GB Low Profile GPU EVGA GeForce GTX 970
AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa) Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Lexa PRO GPU Chip GM204-200-A1
GCN 4 Architecture Maxwell 2.0
8 Streaming Multiprocessors 13
512 Shader 1664
16 Render Output Units 56
32 Texture Units 104
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the XFX Radeon RX 550 2GB Low Profile clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the EVGA GeForce GTX 970 is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.

2 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
112 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.100 GHz Base Clock 1.050 GHz
1.203 GHz Boost Clock 1.178 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The XFX Radeon RX 550 2GB Low Profile is powered by connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 50 W.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 has 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 145 W.

50 W TDP 145 W
-- TDP (up) --
80 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
PCIe-Power 2 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The XFX Radeon RX 550 2GB Low Profile is equipped with a total of 1 Axial main fans.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
1 x 45 mm Fan 1 1 x 65 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the XFX Radeon RX 550 2GB Low Profile.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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 1x DP v1.2
1 DVI Ports 2
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the XFX Radeon RX 550 2GB Low Profile it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 5120x2880 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the EVGA GeForce GTX 970 is 4096x2160 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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

Dimensions

The XFX Radeon RX 550 2GB Low Profile is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 8 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.

178 mm Length 241 mm
121 mm Height 111 mm
40 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The XFX Radeon RX 550 2GB Low Profile has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q4/2017.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 came on the market in Q3/2014 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.

RX-550P2LFB5 Part-no 04G-P4-1970-KR
Q4/2017 Release date Q3/2014
79 $ Launch Price 299 $
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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

XFX Radeon RX 550 2GB Low Profile XFX Radeon RX 550 2GB Low Profile
2 GB GDDR5
16 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

XFX Radeon RX 550 2GB Low Profile XFX Radeon RX 550 2GB Low Profile
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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