MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G vs ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2G EVO. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G and ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2G EVO, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 AMD Radeon RX 550
• GPU Chip
  GP104-200-A1 Polaris 12
• Execution units
  15 8
• Shader
  1920 512
• Render Output Units
  64 16
• Texture Units
  120 32

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  8 GB 2 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5 GDDR5
• Memory Speed
  2.002 GHz 1.5 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  256 GB/s 48 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 64 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G and ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2G EVO. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.506 GHz 1.100 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.683 GHz 1.183 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  --
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  150 W 50 W
• TDP (up)
  -- --
• Tjunction max
  -- --
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 8-Pin --

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G and ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2G EVO.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  2 x 100 mm 1 x 80 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent --
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Noise (Load)
  -- --

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.2 2.2
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.0b 1x HDMI v2.0b
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.4 1x DP v1.4
• DVI Ports
  1 1
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  -- --

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 4096x2160
• DirectX
  12_1 12
• Raytracing
  No No
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  No LED lighting No LED lighting

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode Decode
• AV1
  No No

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Length
  279 mm 192 mm
• Height
  140 mm 115 mm
• Width
  37 mm 39 mm
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  832 g --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2G EVO and MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 8
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q2/2020
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  16 nm 14 nm
• Part-no
  -- PH-RX550-2G-EVO
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet