GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs GeForce GTX 860M

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 860M, which comes with GPU clock speed of 797 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1000 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1152 Stream Processors, 96 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 860M		4340 points
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		1897 points
	Difference: 2443 (129%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 860M		45 Watts
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		116 Watts
	Difference: 71 Watts (158%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 550 Ti should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 860M overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 550 Ti		98496 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 860M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 34496 (54%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 860M will be much (about 166%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX 860M		76512 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		28800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 47712 (166%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 550 Ti will be a lot (about 69%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 860M, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 550 Ti		21600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 860M		12752 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8848 (69%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.