Radeon 550X vs GeForce GTX 260 OEM
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 777 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 5.45 |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) |
| GPU code name | GT200 | Lexa |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 8 December 2009 (16 years ago) | 27 March 2019 (7 years ago) |
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 | 192 | 512 |
| Core clock speed | 518 MHz | 1082 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1218 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,400 million | 2,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 33.15 | 38.98 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.4147 TFLOPS | 1.247 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 28 | 16 |
| TMUs | 64 | 32 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 128 KB |
| L2 Cache | 224 KB | 512 KB |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Length | 229 mm | 145 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | None |
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 | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1792 MB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 448 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1008 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 112.9 GB/s | 112.0 GB/s |
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 | 2x DVI | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 1.3 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 8 December 2009 | 27 March 2019 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1792 MB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 50 Watt |
Radeon 550X has an age advantage of 9 years, a 14% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 364% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.
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