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GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Intro
The GeForce GTX 550 Ti makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 900 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1026 MHz on this particular model. It features 192 SPUs as well as 32 TAUs and 24 Rasterization Operator Units.Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, which makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 822 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a frequency of 1002 MHz on this particular card. It features 384 SPUs along with 64 TAUs and 32 ROPs.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce GTX 550 Ti |
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116 Watts |
| GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
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170 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
In theory, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti is 30% faster than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti overall, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)
| GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
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128256 MB/sec |
| GeForce GTX 550 Ti |
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98496 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The GeForce GTX 560 Ti will be much (approximately 83%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti. (explain)| GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
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52608 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce GTX 550 Ti |
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28800 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
The GeForce GTX 560 Ti is a lot (more or less 22%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)| GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
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26304 Mpixels/sec |
| GeForce GTX 550 Ti |
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21600 Mpixels/sec |
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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
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GeForce GTX 550 TiAmazon.com
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Specifications
| Model | GeForce GTX 550 Ti | GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | nVidia |
| Year | March 2011 | January 2011 |
| Code Name | GF116 | GF114 |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Bus | PCIe 2.1 x16 | PCIe x16 |
| Memory | 1024 MB | 1024 MB |
| Core Speed | 900 MHz | 822 MHz |
| Shader Speed | 1800 MHz | 1645 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 1026 MHz (4104 MHz effective) | 1002 MHz (4008 MHz effective) |
| Unified Shaders | 192 | 384 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 32 | 64 |
| Render Output Units | 24 | 32 |
| Bus Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192-bit | 256-bit |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 4.1 | OpenGL 4.1 |
| Power (Max TDP) | 116 watts | 170 watts |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Bandwidth | 98496 MB/sec | 128256 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 28800 Mtexels/sec | 52608 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 21600 Mpixels/sec | 26304 Mpixels/sec |
Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock 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 better the card's memory bandwidth, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.
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