GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs Radeon RX 470

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 470, which has core clock speeds of 926 MHz on the GPU, and 1650 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 2048 SPUs along with 128 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator 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

Radeon RX 470		11756 points
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		1897 points
	Difference: 9859 (520%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 550 Ti		116 Watts
Radeon RX 470		120 Watts
	Difference: 4 Watts (3%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 470 should theoretically be a lot better than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 470		211200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		98496 MB/sec
	Difference: 112704 (114%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 470 should be a lot (about 312%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti. (explain)

Radeon RX 470		118528 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		28800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 89728 (312%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 470 should be much (more or less 37%) better at AA than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon RX 470		29632 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		21600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8032 (37%)

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 information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core 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 applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.