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AMD Radeon RX 550 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

WINNER
30.2Inno Score
VS
29.5Inno Score
20Rasterization20.5
20Ray Tracing20
21.4Memoryspec-based21.4
86.7Efficiencyspec-based79.4
20Compute21.7
4 spec wins — AMD Radeon RX 5503 spec wins — NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

InnoReviews verdict

This one is close to a dead heat: AMD Radeon RX 550 scores 30.2 against 29.5 for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960. Pick by the categories that matter to you, or by price.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the AMD Radeon RX 550

  • 58% lower TDP: 50 W vs 120 W
  • 50% lower process: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Lower launch price: $79 vs $199

Reasons to pick the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

  • 128% higher PassMark G3D: 6,150 vs 2,702
  • 100% higher Shading units: 1,024 vs 512
  • 92% higher 3DMark Time Spy: 2,300 vs 1,196

General

General comparison: AMD Radeon RX 550 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
SpecAMD Radeon RX 550NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Announced20172015
ArchitecturePolarisMaxwell
Process14 nm+50%28 nm
TDP50 W+58%120 W
Power connectorNone1x 6-pin

Cores & Clocks

Cores & Clocks comparison: AMD Radeon RX 550 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
SpecAMD Radeon RX 550NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Shading units5121,024+100%
Base clock—1,127 MHz
Boost clock1,183 MHz1,178 MHz

Memory

Memory comparison: AMD Radeon RX 550 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
SpecAMD Radeon RX 550NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
VRAM2 GB2 GB
VRAM typeGDDR5GDDR5
Bus width128 bit128 bit
Bandwidth112 GB/s112 GB/s

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: AMD Radeon RX 550 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
SpecAMD Radeon RX 550NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
3DMark Time Spy1,196Bottom 2%2,300+92%Bottom 6%
PassMark G3D2,702Bottom 2%6,150+128%Bottom 7%

Features

Features comparison: AMD Radeon RX 550 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
SpecAMD Radeon RX 550NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Upscaling—None

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