GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs Radeon R9 380X

Place in performance ranking	313	654
Place by popularity	not in top-100	71
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	7.08	0.29
Architecture	GCN 3.0 (2014−2017)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	Antigua	GF116
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	19 November 2015 (8 years ago)	15 March 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	$149
Current price	$11.81 (0.1x MSRP)	$197 (1.3x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

R9 380X has 2341% better value for money than GTX 550 Ti.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2048	192
CUDA cores	no data	192
Compute units	32	no data
Core clock speed	no data	900 MHz
Boost clock speed	970 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5,000 million	1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	190 Watt	116 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	no data	100 °C
Texture fill rate	124.2	28.8 billion/sec
Floating-point performance	3,973 gflops	691.2 gflops

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	PCIe 3.0	16x PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	221 mm	8.25" (21 cm)
Height	no data	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Form factor	full height / full length	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2 x 6-pin	One 6-pin
SLI options	no data	+
Bridgeless CrossFire	1	no data

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	GDDR5
High bandwidth memory (HBM)	-	no data
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	970 MHz	4.1 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	182.4 GB/s	98.4 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 Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	Two Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMI
Multi monitor support	no data	+
Eyefinity	1	no data
Number of Eyefinity displays	6	no data
HDMI	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
DisplayPort support	+	no data
Audio input for HDMI	no data	Internal

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration	-	no data
CrossFire	1	no data
Enduro	-	no data
FRTC	1	no data
FreeSync	1	no data
HD3D	+	no data
LiquidVR	1	no data
PowerTune	+	no data
TrueAudio	+	no data
ZeroCore	+	no data
VCE	+	no data
DDMA audio	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.3	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.2
OpenCL	2.0	1.1
Vulkan	+	N/A
Mantle	+	no data
CUDA	no data	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R9 380X 16.02
+300%

GTX 550 Ti 4.01

Radeon R9 380X outperforms GeForce GTX 550 Ti by 300% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

R9 380X 6194
+300%

GTX 550 Ti 1550

Radeon R9 380X outperforms GeForce GTX 550 Ti by 300% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	150−160 +295%	38 −295%
Full HD	110−120 +267%	30 −267%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	16.02	4.01
Recency	19 November 2015	15 March 2011
Cost	$229	$149
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	190 Watt	116 Watt