Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q vs Radeon RX 550

Place in the ranking	550	257
Place by popularity	21	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.92	no data
Power efficiency	9.71	24.54
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	Lexa	TU106
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Release date	20 April 2017 (7 years ago)	27 May 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	512	2304
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	600 MHz
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz	1215 MHz
Number of transistors	2,200 million	10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	60 Watt
Texture fill rate	37.86	175.0
Floating-point processing power	1.211 TFLOPS	5.599 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	64
TMUs	32	144
Tensor Cores	no data	288
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	36

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).

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB/s	448.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	-
G-SYNC support	-	+

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131
CUDA	-	7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

RX 550 7.08

RTX 3000 Max-Q 21.48
+203%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

RX 550 2728

RTX 3000 Max-Q 8278
+203%

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 HD	24−27 −208%	74 +208%
1440p	14−16 −229%	46 +229%
4K	10−12 −220%	32 +220%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	3.29	no data
1440p	5.64	no data
4K	7.90	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

30−35

+0%

30−35

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	60 +0%	60 +0%
Battlefield 5	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	65 +0%	65 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Far Cry 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Hitman 3	88 +0%	88 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Metro Exodus	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	77 +0%	77 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	50 +0%	50 +0%
Battlefield 5	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	59 +0%	59 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Far Cry 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Hitman 3	66 +0%	66 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Metro Exodus	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	67 +0%	67 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	44 +0%	44 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45 +0%	45 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Far Cry 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Hitman 3	59 +0%	59 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	52 +0%	52 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	33 +0%	33 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	32 +0%	32 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Hitman 3	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Metro Exodus	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Hitman 3	24 +0%	24 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Metro Exodus	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	34 +0%	34 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	19 +0%	19 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16 +0%	16 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Far Cry 5	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12 +0%	12 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

This is how RX 550 and RTX 3000 Max-Q compete in popular games:

RTX 3000 Max-Q is 208% faster in 1080p
RTX 3000 Max-Q is 229% faster in 1440p
RTX 3000 Max-Q is 220% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	7.08	21.48
Recency	20 April 2017	27 May 2019
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	60 Watt

RX 550 has 20% lower power consumption.

RTX 3000 Max-Q, on the other hand, has a 203.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 550 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 550 is a desktop card while Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q is a mobile workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.