AMD Radeon RX 580 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Ellesmere | GF116 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Polaris 10 XT (215-0876184) | GF116-400-A1 |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Fermi 2.0 |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 14 nm | 40 nm |
| Number of transistors | 5,700 million | 1,170 million |
| Die size | 232 mm² | 238 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Jun 29th, 2016 | Mar 15th, 2011 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Polaris | GeForce 500 |
| Production | Active | End-of-life |
| Launch price | 229 USD | 149 USD |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 52 in our database | 62 in our database |
| Predecessor | Arctic Islands | GeForce 400 |
| Successor | Vega | GeForce 600 |
Clocks
| Base clock | 1120 MHz | — |
|---|---|---|
| Boost clock | 1266 MHz | — |
| Memory clock | 2000 MHz 8 Gbps effective | 1026 MHz 4.1 Gbps effective |
| GPU clock | — | 900 MHz |
| Shader clock | — | 1800 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 8 GB | 1024 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 192 bit |
| Bandwidth | 256.0 GB/s | 98.50 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 2304 | 192 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 144 | 32 |
| ROPs | 32 | 24 |
| Compute units | 36 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | 64 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | 2 MB | 384 KB |
| SM count | — | 4 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 40.51 GPixel/s | 7.200 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 182.3 GTexel/s | 28.80 GTexel/s |
| FP16 (half) performance | 5.834 TFLOPS (1:1) | — |
| FP32 (float) performance | 5.834 TFLOPS | 691.2 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 364.6 GFLOPS (1:16) | 57.60 GFLOPS (1:12) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 241 mm 9.5 inches | 210 mm 8.3 inches |
| TDP | 150 W | 116 W |
| Suggested PSU | 450 W | 300 W |
| Outputs | 1x HDMI3x DisplayPort | 2x DVI1x mini-HDMI |
| Power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin |
| Board number | C940, D009-04 | P1050 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 (11_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | — |
| Shader model | 6.4 | 5.1 |
| CUDA | — | 2.1 |
