GeForce GTX 1070 vs Radeon RX 550

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 550, which features a GPU core clock speed of 1100 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 512 SPUs, 32 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1070		18174 points
Radeon RX 550		3507 points
	Difference: 14667 (418%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 550		50 Watts
GeForce GTX 1070		150 Watts
	Difference: 100 Watts (200%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1070 is 129% quicker than the Radeon RX 550 overall, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		262144 MB/sec
Radeon RX 550		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 147456 (129%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 is much (about 413%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon RX 550. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		180720 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 550		35200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 145520 (413%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1070 is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		96384 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 550		17600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 78784 (448%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.