Radeon RX 6550S vs GeForce GTX 1080

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	138	not rated
Place by popularity	71	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	17.46	no data
Power efficiency	15.93	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025)
GPU code name	GP104	Navi 24
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	27 May 2016 (9 years ago)	4 January 2023 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$599	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

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

Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores	2560	1024
Core clock speed	1607 MHz	2000 MHz
Boost clock speed	1733 MHz	2400 MHz
Number of transistors	7,200 million	5,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	180 Watt	50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	277.3	153.6
Floating-point processing power	8.873 TFLOPS	4.915 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	32
TMUs	160	64
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	16
L0 Cache	no data	256 KB
L1 Cache	960 KB	256 KB
L2 Cache	2 MB	1024 KB
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).

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x4
Length	267 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
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	GDDR5X	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	10 GB/s	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	320 GB/s	128.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-
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	DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI	Portable Device Dependent
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost	3.0	no data
VR Ready	+	no data
Ansel	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.7
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	27 May 2016	4 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	16 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	180 Watt	50 Watt

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