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GeForce GTX 980 vs Radeon RX 550

GeForce GTX 980 vs Radeon RX 550: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

FPS Winner

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

4 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 SLI DVI/HDMI/DP Gaming Graphics Card Advanced GPU

Buy for 323.84 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 75086 minutes ago

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AMD Radeon RX 550

2 GB GDDR5 | 128-bit

AMD Radeon RX 550 Logo
maxsun AMD Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 ITX Computer PC Gaming Video Graphics Card GPU 128-Bit DirectX 12 PCI Express X16 3.0 DVI-D Dual Link, HDMI, DisplayPort

Buy for 70.6 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 75087 minutes ago

FPS Winner

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

4 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 SLI DVI/HDMI/DP Gaming Graphics Card Advanced GPU

Buy for 323.84 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 75086 minutes ago

vs

AMD Radeon RX 550

2 GB GDDR5 | 128-bit

AMD Radeon RX 550 Logo
maxsun AMD Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 ITX Computer PC Gaming Video Graphics Card GPU 128-Bit DirectX 12 PCI Express X16 3.0 DVI-D Dual Link, HDMI, DisplayPort

Buy for 70.6 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 75087 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — GeForce GTX 980 outperforms the cheaper Radeon RX 550 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce GTX 980 is 944 days older than the cheaper Radeon RX 550.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

  • Performs up to 85% better in Dishonored 2 than Radeon RX 550 - 63 vs 34 FPS
  • Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 550 - 4 vs 2 GB

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 550

  • Up to 78% cheaper than GeForce GTX 980 - $63.6 vs $291.75
  • Consumes up to 70% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 - 50 vs 165 Watts
This is a free version of Dishonored 2.
Dishonored 2

Dishonored 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo
GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014


FPS

63

100%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

€323.84

21%

FPS Winner

Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 SLI DVI/HDMI/DP Gaming Graphics Card Advanced GPU

Buy for 323.84 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 75086 minutes ago

AMD Radeon RX 550 Logo
Radeon RX 550

Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017


FPS

34

53.96825396825397%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

€70.6

100%

maxsun AMD Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 ITX Computer PC Gaming Video Graphics Card GPU 128-Bit DirectX 12 PCI Express X16 3.0 DVI-D Dual Link, HDMI, DisplayPort

Buy for 70.6 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 75087 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo
GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

AMD Radeon RX 550 Logo
Radeon RX 550

Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo
GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014


Pixel Fillrate

77.82 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

155.6 GTexel/s

100%

AMD Radeon RX 550 Logo
Radeon RX 550

Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017


Pixel Fillrate

18.93 GPixel/s

24.325366229760988%

Texel Fillrate

37.86 GTexel/s

24.331619537275063%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

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AMD Radeon RX 550 Logo

AMD Radeon RX 550

Sep 19th, 2014Release Date
Apr 20th, 2017
GeForce 900GenerationPolaris
$549MSRP
$79
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortOutputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
2x 6-pinPower ConnectorsNone
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
4 GB
Memory2 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR5
256-bitBus128-bit
224.4 GB/s
Bandwidth112 GB/s
1127 MHz
Base Clock Speed1100 MHz
1216 MHz
Boost Clock Speed1183 MHz
1753 MHz
Memory Clock Speed1750 MHz

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