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GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs Radeon HD 6850
Intro
The GeForce GTX 550 Ti has a GPU core speed of 900 MHz, and the 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM runs at 1026 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also is made up of 192 SPUs, 32 Texture Address Units, and 24 Raster Operation Units.Compare that to the Radeon HD 6850, which has a GPU core clock speed of 775 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1000 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 960 SPUs, 48 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation 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
Performance-wise, the Radeon HD 6850 should in theory be much superior to the GeForce GTX 550 Ti in general. (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 a lot (more or less 29%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering 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 high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon HD 6850 is a better choice, but not by far. (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
Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords, and might not be the exact same card listed on this page. We have no control over the accuracy of their search results.
GeForce GTX 550 TiAmazon.com
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Radeon HD 6850Amazon.com
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Specifications
| Model | GeForce GTX 550 Ti | Radeon HD 6850 |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | ATi |
| 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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.
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