GeForce GTX 460 768MB vs Radeon RX 550

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Aggregated performance score

RX 550
2017
4096 MB GDDR5
7.01
+59.7%

Radeon RX 550 outperforms GeForce GTX 460 768MB by 60% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking521628
Place by popularity13not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.23no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameLexano data
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date20 April 2017 (7 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$79 no data
Current price$121 (1.5x MSRP)$149

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores512336
Core clock speed1100 MHz675 MHz
Boost clock speed1183 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nmno data
Power consumption (TDP)50 Wattno data
Texture fill rate37.86no data
Floating-point performance1,211 gflopsno data

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 x8no data
Length145 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed7000 MHz1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth112.0 GB/sno data

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, 1x DisplayPortno data
HDMI+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)11
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.2.131no data

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:

Full HD75−80
+59.6%
47
−59.6%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.01 4.39

The Radeon RX 550 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 460 768MB in performance tests.


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