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    GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs Radeon R9 380X

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 550 Ti and Radeon R9 380X. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 550 Ti and Radeon R9 380X. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
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    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 550 Ti Radeon R9 380X
    Power consumption (TDP) 116 Watt 190 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors One 6-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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    • Radeon R9 380X has 63% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
    • GeForce GTX 550 Ti is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R9 380X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • Radeon R9 380X has 3 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
    • Both cards are used in Desktops.
    • GeForce GTX 550 Ti is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R9 380X - with GCN 3.0.
    • GeForce GTX 550 Ti is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 380X - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Radeon R9 380X is 213 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon R9 380X is 966 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 7−8 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 4−5 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 18−20 60−65
    medium / 1080p 9−10 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 380X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 310% more, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 550 Ti Radeon R9 380X
    Architecture Fermi GCN 3.0
    Code name GF116 Antigua
    Type Desktop Desktop
    Release date 15 March 2011 19 November 2015
    Pipelines 192 2048
    Core clock speed 900 MHz
    Boost Clock 970 MHz
    Transistor count 1,170 million 5,000 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 28.8 billion/sec 124.2
    Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops 3,973 gflops
    Length 8.25" (21 cm) 221 mm
    Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 4.1 GB/s 970 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 98.4 GB/s 182.4 GB/s
    DirectX 12 (11_0)
    Shader Model 5.1 6.3
    OpenGL 4.2 4.5
    OpenCL 1.1 2.0
    Vulkan N/A +
    CUDA +
    Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.58 kh/s
    FreeSync +
    CUDA cores 192
    Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0 PCIe 3.0
    Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
    SLI options +
    Multi monitor support +
    HDMI + +
    Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
    Audio input for HDMI Internal
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 44 Mh/s
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    TrueAudio +
    ZeroCore +
    Mantle +
    Design reference
    Bridgeless CrossFire +
    Number of Eyefinity displays 6
    DisplayPort support +
    CrossFire +
    VCE +
    DDMA audio +
    Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.89 Gh/s
    Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 20.63 Mh/s
    Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 175 Sol/s
    Compute units 32
    Form factor full height / full length
    High bandwidth memory (HBM) -
    LiquidVR +
    FRTC +
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