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GeForce GT 1030 vs Radeon RX 550
Intro
The GeForce GT 1030 uses a 16 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1265 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 1502 MHz on this card. It features 384 SPUs as well as 32 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 550, which has a core clock speed of 1100 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It features 512 SPUs, 32 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation 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
Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 550 will be 133% faster than the GeForce GT 1030 overall, because of its greater bandwidth. (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 will be just a bit (approximately 15%) more effective at anisotropic filtering 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 using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GT 1030 is a better choice, but 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 maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability 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