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GeForce GT 1030 vs Radeon RX 550
Intro
The GeForce GT 1030 features a clock frequency of 1265 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1502 MHz. It also makes use of a 64-bit memory bus, and uses a 16 nm design. It features 384 SPUs, 32 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 550, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 1100 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 512 SPUs, 32 Texture Address Units, 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 should be 133% quicker than the GeForce GT 1030 overall, because of its greater data rate. (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 should be a bit (about 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
The GeForce GT 1030 should be a bit (more or less 15%) better at anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 550, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (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 largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, 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 applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum 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