Radeon 550 vs GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated609
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data4.37
Power efficiencyno data7.48
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGP104Lexa
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date20 April 2017 (7 years ago)20 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 $79

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

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

Pipelines / CUDA cores2560512
Core clock speed1607 MHz1100 MHz
Boost clock speed1733 MHz1183 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)180 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate277.337.86
Floating-point processing power8.873 TFLOPS1.211 TFLOPS
ROPs6416
TMUs16032

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length267 mm145 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5XGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1376 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth352.3 GB/s56 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0b, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
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API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.1
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 180 Watt 50 Watt

GTX 1080 11Gbps has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Radeon 550, on the other hand, has a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 260% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps and Radeon 550. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps
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