Key Differences
In short — GeForce RTX 3070 outperforms the cheaper Radeon RX 550 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Radeon RX 550 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing GeForce RTX 3070 is 1230 days newer than the cheaper Radeon RX 550.
Advantages of Radeon RX 550
- Up to 88% cheaper than GeForce RTX 3070 - £89.99 vs £752.36
- Up to 76% better value when playing Sea of Thieves than GeForce RTX 3070 - £0.94 vs £3.92 per FPS
- Consumes up to 77% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 - 50 vs 220 Watts
Advantages of GeForce RTX 3070
- Performs up to 100% better in Sea of Thieves than Radeon RX 550 - 192 vs 96 FPS
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 550 - 8 vs 2 GB
Sea of Thieves
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Mythical
Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017
FPS
96
50%
Value, £/FPS
£0.94/FPS
100%
Price, £
£89.99
100%
Value Winner
Buy for £89.99 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 62 minutes ago
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020
FPS
192
100%
Value, £/FPS
£3.92/FPS
24%
Price, £
£752.36
11%
FPS Winner
Buy for £752.36 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 62 minutes ago
Trending Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Mythical
Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020
Theoretical Performance
Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017
Pixel Fillrate
18.93 GPixel/s
11%
Texel Fillrate
37.86 GTexel/s
12%
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020
Pixel Fillrate
165.6 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
317.4 GTexel/s
100%
Radeon RX 550 | vs | GeForce RTX 3070 |
---|---|---|
Apr 20th, 2017 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2020 |
Polaris | Generation | GeForce 30 |
$79 | MSRP | $499 |
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
None | Power Connectors | 1x 12-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
2 GB | Memory | 8 GB |
GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6 |
128-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
112 GB/s | Bandwidth | 448 GB/s |
1100 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1500 MHz |
1183 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1725 MHz |
1750 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1750 MHz |