Radeon RX 9050 4 GB vs GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	780	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.71	no data
Power efficiency	2.50	no data
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	RDNA 4.0 (2025−2026)
GPU code name	GF116	Navi 44
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	15 March 2011 (15 years ago)	28 July 2026 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

Currently popular graphics cards are shown for comparison.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	192	1024
Core clock speed	900 MHz	1700 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2600 MHz
Number of transistors	1,170 million	29,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	116 Watt	92 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	100 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	28.80	166.4
Floating-point processing power	0.6912 TFLOPS	10.65 TFLOPS
ROPs	24	64
TMUs	32	64
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	16
L0 Cache	no data	256 KB
L1 Cache	256 KB	no data
L2 Cache	384 KB	2 MB
L3 Cache	no data	16 MB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 5.0 x16
Length	210 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 8-pin
SLI options	+	-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4.1 GB/s	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	98.4 GB/s	144.0 GB/s
Resizable BAR	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMI	1x HDMI 2.1b, 2x DisplayPort 2.1a
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.8
OpenGL	4.2	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.4
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	15 March 2011	28 July 2026
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	116 Watt	92 Watt