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GeForce GT 1030 vs Radeon RX 550
Intro
The GeForce GT 1030 features core clock speeds of 1265 MHz on the GPU, and 1502 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 384 SPUs along with 32 TAUs and 16 ROPs.Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 550, which uses a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1100 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a speed of 1750 MHz on this model. It features 512 SPUs as well as 32 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce GT 1030 |
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30 Watts |
| Radeon RX 550 |
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50 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 550 should in theory be a lot better than the GeForce GT 1030 overall. (explain)
| Radeon RX 550 |
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114688 MB/sec |
| GeForce GT 1030 |
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49152 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The GeForce GT 1030 is a bit (about 15%) better at AF than the Radeon RX 550. (explain)| GeForce GT 1030 |
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40480 Mtexels/sec |
| Radeon RX 550 |
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35200 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GT 1030 is superior to the Radeon RX 550, though not by far. (explain)| GeForce GT 1030 |
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20240 Mpixels/sec |
| Radeon RX 550 |
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17600 Mpixels/sec |
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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
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Specifications
| Model | GeForce GT 1030 | Radeon RX 550 |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | AMD |
| Year | May 2017 | April 2017 |
| Code Name | GP108-300 | Polaris 12 |
| Memory | 2048 MB | 2048 MB |
| Core Speed | 1265 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 6008 MHz | 7000 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 30 watts | 50 watts |
| Bandwidth | 49152 MB/sec | 114688 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 40480 Mtexels/sec | 35200 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 20240 Mpixels/sec | 17600 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 384 | 512 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 32 | 32 |
| Render Output Units | 16 | 16 |
| Bus Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 64-bit | 128-bit |
| Fab Process | 16 nm | 14 nm |
| Transistors | 3300 million | 2200 million |
| Bus | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 12.0 | DirectX 12.0 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 4.5 | OpenGL 4.5 |
Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.
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2 Responses to “GeForce GT 1030 vs Radeon RX 550”Radeon RX 550 is x8 not x16 and it has a 4GB version with slightly higher TDP of 65w
Hello, i need to know if this graphics card MSI Radeon RX 550 2GB Aero ITX OC supports HDCP 2.2 and play at resolution 3840x2160 60hz and if these cards also MSI Radeon RX 460 2GB OC or MSI GeForce GT 1030 2GB or other and you reccomend me to choose for connecting on 4K UHDTV hdr HDMI v 2.0b HDCP 2.2 compatible mainly for watching movies with mpc-hc in an old pc desktop psu 450 watt, proccessor amd athlon II x4 640 , 4gb ram , i am not interest for games and must have the above i mentioned. Thanks in advance