GeForce GTX 1070 Ti vs GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 550 Ti, which comes with GPU clock speed of 900 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1026 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also features 192 Stream Processors, 32 TAUs, and 24 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 1070 Ti		19808 points
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		1897 points
	Difference: 17911 (944%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 550 Ti		116 Watts
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		180 Watts
	Difference: 64 Watts (55%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti should theoretically perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti will be quite a bit (about 748%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		244264 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		28800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 215464 (748%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti is superior to the GeForce GTX 550 Ti, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		102848 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		21600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 81248 (376%)

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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly write to its 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 the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.