GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs Radeon RX 480 4GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 480 4GB, which uses a 14 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 1120 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a speed of 1750 MHz on this specific model. It features 2304 SPUs along with 144 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 550 Ti		116 Watts
Radeon RX 480 4GB		150 Watts
	Difference: 34 Watts (29%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 480 4GB should in theory be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		98496 MB/sec
	Difference: 130880 (133%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 480 4GB will be quite a bit (approximately 460%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		161280 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		28800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 132480 (460%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 480 4GB is superior to the GeForce GTX 550 Ti, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		35840 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		21600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 14240 (66%)

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 max amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount 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 filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.