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GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs Radeon HD 6850
Intro
The GeForce GTX 550 Ti makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 900 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 1026 MHz on this model. It features 192 SPUs along with 32 Texture Address Units and 24 ROPs.Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 6850, which makes use of a 40 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 775 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1000 MHz on this particular card. It features 960 SPUs along with 48 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce GTX 550 Ti |
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116 Watts |
| Radeon HD 6850 |
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127 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
Theoretically, the Radeon HD 6850 should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti overall. (explain)
| Radeon HD 6850 |
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128000 MB/sec |
| GeForce GTX 550 Ti |
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98496 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The Radeon HD 6850 should be much (about 29%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti. (explain)| Radeon HD 6850 |
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37200 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce GTX 550 Ti |
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28800 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon HD 6850 is a better choice, but only just. (explain)| Radeon HD 6850 |
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24800 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
GeForce GTX 550 TiAmazon.com
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Radeon HD 6850Amazon.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.
Specifications
| Model | GeForce GTX 550 Ti | Radeon HD 6850 |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | AMD |
| Year | March 2011 | October 2010 |
| Code Name | GF116 | Barts Pro |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Bus | PCIe 2.1 x16 | PCIe x16 |
| Memory | 1024 MB | 1024 MB |
| Core Speed | 900 MHz | 775 MHz |
| Shader Speed | 1800 MHz | (N/A) MHz |
| Memory Speed | 1026 MHz (4104 MHz effective) | 1000 MHz (4000 MHz effective) |
| Unified Shaders | 192 | 960 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 32 | 48 |
| 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 | 127 watts |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Bandwidth | 98496 MB/sec | 128000 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 28800 Mtexels/sec | 37200 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 21600 Mpixels/sec | 24800 Mpixels/sec |
Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number 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 fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.
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