ATI Radeon X550 vs GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 and Radeon X550, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 780 Rev. 2
2013
3 GB GDDR5, 250 Watt
10.78
+8192%

GTX 780 Rev. 2 outperforms ATI X550 by a whopping 8192% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking4291434
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.30no data
Power efficiency2.95no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Rage 9 (2003−2006)
GPU code nameGK110BRV370
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date10 September 2013 (11 years ago)1 July 2005 (19 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$649 no data

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 cores2304no data
Core clock speed863 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speed902 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,080 million107 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Wattno data
Texture fill rate173.21.600
Floating-point processing power4.156 TFLOPSno data
ROPs484
TMUs1924

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 1.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount3 GB128 MB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz250 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 GB/s8 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)9.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.62.0
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA3.5-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.78 0.13
Recency 10 September 2013 1 July 2005
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 110 nm

GTX 780 Rev. 2 has a 8192.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 292.9% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon X550 in performance tests.


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