GeForce GTX 1070 vs GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 550 Ti, which comes with GPU clock speed of 900 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1026 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also features 192 SPUs, 32 Texture Address Units, and 24 ROPs.

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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 1070		18174 points
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		1897 points
	Difference: 16277 (858%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 550 Ti		116 Watts
GeForce GTX 1070		150 Watts
	Difference: 34 Watts (29%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 1070 should in theory be a lot superior to the GeForce GTX 550 Ti in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		262144 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		98496 MB/sec
	Difference: 163648 (166%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 will be a lot (about 528%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		180720 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		28800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 151920 (528%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 should be a lot (approximately 346%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti, and will be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		96384 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		21600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 74784 (346%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.