GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs GeForce GTX 750

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 750, which comes with a core clock frequency of 1020 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1250 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It features 512 SPUs, 32 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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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

GeForce GTX 750		3958 points
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		1897 points
	Difference: 2061 (109%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 750		55 Watts
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		116 Watts
	Difference: 61 Watts (111%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 550 Ti should in theory be much faster than the GeForce GTX 750 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 550 Ti		98496 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 750		80000 MB/sec
	Difference: 18496 (23%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 750 is a small bit (more or less 13%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX 750		32640 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		28800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 3840 (13%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 550 Ti is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 550 Ti		21600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 750		16320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5280 (32%)

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

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher 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 one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core 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 rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.