GeForce GTX 750 v2 vs Radeon RX 550

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	519	not rated
Place by popularity	14	not in top-100
Value for money	3.32	no data
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)
GPU code name	Lexa	GM206
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	20 April 2017 (6 years old)	17 November 2015 (8 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	no data
Current price	$121 (1.5x MSRP)	$154

Technical specs

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	512	512
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	1038 MHz
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz	1188 MHz
Number of transistors	2,200 million	2,940 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	37.86	38.02
Floating-point performance	1,211 gflops	1,217 gflops

Size and 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 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

Memory

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
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB/s	80.19 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data

API support

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12.0 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	no data

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	20 April 2017	17 November 2015
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm

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