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GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs Radeon HD 6870
Intro
The GeForce GTX 550 Ti comes with a clock speed of 900 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1026 MHz. It also uses a 192-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It is made up of 192 SPUs, 32 Texture Address Units, and 24 Raster Operation Units.Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 6870, which comes with a clock frequency of 900 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1050 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It is comprised of 1120 SPUs, 56 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.
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 HD 6870 |
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2870 points |
| GeForce GTX 550 Ti |
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1897 points |
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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce GTX 550 Ti |
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116 Watts |
| Radeon HD 6870 |
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151 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
The Radeon HD 6870, in theory, should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti overall. (explain)
| Radeon HD 6870 |
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134400 MB/sec |
| GeForce GTX 550 Ti |
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98496 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The Radeon HD 6870 is quite a bit (more or less 75%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti. (explain)| Radeon HD 6870 |
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50400 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce GTX 550 Ti |
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28800 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
The Radeon HD 6870 will be much (about 33%) better at AA than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)| Radeon HD 6870 |
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28800 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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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
Specifications
| Model | GeForce GTX 550 Ti | Radeon HD 6870 |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | AMD |
| Year | March 2011 | October 2010 |
| Code Name | GF116 | Barts XT |
| Memory | 1024 MB | 1024 MB |
| Core Speed | 900 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 4104 MHz | 4200 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 116 watts | 151 watts |
| Bandwidth | 98496 MB/sec | 134400 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 28800 Mtexels/sec | 50400 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 21600 Mpixels/sec | 28800 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 192 | 1120 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 32 | 56 |
| Render Output Units | 24 | 32 |
| Bus Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192-bit | 256-bit |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Transistors | 1170 million | 1700 million |
| Bus | PCIe 2.1 x16 | PCIe x16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 4.1 | OpenGL 4.1 |
Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at 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 the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.
GeForce GTX 550 TiAmazon.com
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Radeon HD 6870Amazon.com
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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