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GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs Radeon HD 4870 2GB
Intro
The GeForce GTX 550 Ti comes with a GPU core clock speed of 900 MHz, and the 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM runs at 1026 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also is comprised of 192 SPUs, 32 Texture Address Units, and 24 ROPs.Compare that to the Radeon HD 4870 2GB, which features core clock speeds of 750 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 800(160x5) SPUs along with 40 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce GTX 550 Ti |
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116 Watts |
| Radeon HD 4870 2GB |
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150 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
Theoretically speaking, the Radeon HD 4870 2GB will be 17% quicker than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti in general, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)
| Radeon HD 4870 2GB |
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115200 MB/sec |
| GeForce GTX 550 Ti |
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98496 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The Radeon HD 4870 2GB will be a small bit (more or less 4%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti. (explain)| Radeon HD 4870 2GB |
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30000 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce GTX 550 Ti |
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28800 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
The GeForce GTX 550 Ti is a lot (more or less 80%) better at anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 4870 2GB, and able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)| GeForce GTX 550 Ti |
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21600 Mpixels/sec |
| Radeon HD 4870 2GB |
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12000 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 4870 2GBAmazon.com
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Specifications
| Model | GeForce GTX 550 Ti | Radeon HD 4870 2GB |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | ATi |
| Year | March 2011 | Jun 25, 2008 |
| Code Name | GF116 | RV770 XT |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 55 nm |
| Bus | PCIe 2.1 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Memory | 1024 MB | 2048 MB |
| Core Speed | 900 MHz | 750 MHz |
| Shader Speed | 1800 MHz | (N/A) MHz |
| Memory Speed | 1026 MHz (4104 MHz effective) | 900 MHz (3600 MHz effective) |
| Unified Shaders | 192 | 800(160x5) |
| Texture Mapping Units | 32 | 40 |
| Render Output Units | 24 | 16 |
| Bus Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192-bit | 256-bit |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 11 | DirectX 10.1 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 4.1 | OpenGL 3.0 |
| Power (Max TDP) | 116 watts | 150 watts |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 4.1 |
| Bandwidth | 98496 MB/sec | 115200 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 28800 Mtexels/sec | 30000 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 21600 Mpixels/sec | 12000 Mpixels/sec |
Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per 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 graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends 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 maximum fill rate.
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