Radeon RX 550 640SP
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
Radeon RX 550 640SP
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between Radeon RX 550 640SP  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950.

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Place in performance rating
242
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Value for money (0-100)
13.60
GCN 4.0
Architecture
Maxwell
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Code name
GM206
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Type
Desktop
13 October 2017 (4 years ago)
Release date
20 August 2015 (6 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$159
$99
Price now
$181 (1.1x MSRP)
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Value for money
24.57
Baffin
GPU code name
GM206
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between Radeon RX 550 640SP  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

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Pipelines
768
1019 MHz
Core clock speed
1024 MHz
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Boost Clock
1188 MHz
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Transistor count
2,940 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
90 Watt
42.84
Texture fill rate
49.2 billion/sec
1,371 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,825 gflops
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CUDA cores
768
640
Pipelines / CUDA cores
768
1071 MHz
Boost clock speed
1188 MHz
3,000 million
Number of transistors
2,940 million
60 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
90 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards Radeon RX 550 640SP and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
145 mm
Length
7.938" (20.2 cm)
None
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pins
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SLI options
+
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Recommended system power (PSU)
350 Watt
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Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
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Height
4.376" (11.1 cm)

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between Radeon RX 550 640SP vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
6000 MHz
Memory clock speed
6.6 GB/s
96 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
105.6 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between Radeon RX 550 640SP vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
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G-SYNC support
+
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Multi monitor support
4 displays
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HDCP
+
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Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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Audio input for HDMI
Internal
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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3D Vision
+
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GPU Boost
2.0
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CUDA
+
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GeForce Experience
+
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Surround
+
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Adaptive Vertical Sync
+
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GameStream
+
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GeForce ShadowPlay
+
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GameWorks
+

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders Radeon RX 550 640SP and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (12_0)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
1.2.131
Vulkan
1.1.126
6.4
Shader Model
6.4
2.0
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for Radeon RX 550 640SP and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the Radeon RX 550 640SP or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) Radeon RX 550 640SP
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
Death Stranding (2020) Radeon RX 550 640SP
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
F1 2020 (2020) Radeon RX 550 640SP
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
Gears Tactics (2020) Radeon RX 550 640SP
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
Doom Eternal (2020) Radeon RX 550 640SP
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of Radeon RX 550 640SP

Cheaper ($99 vs $181 (1.1x MSRP))

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

25.6% faster in synthetic tests

More memory bandwidth (105.6 GB/s vs 96 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

So, Radeon RX 550 640SP or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 .

Radeon RX 550 640SP versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

4.3 Out of 20 Hitesti Score
4.3 Out of 154 Hitesti Score