GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs GeForce GTX 950

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 950, which features core speeds of 1024 MHz on the GPU, and 1652 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 768 SPUs along with 48 TAUs and 32 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 950		6536 points
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		1897 points
	Difference: 4639 (245%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 950		90 Watts
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		116 Watts
	Difference: 26 Watts (29%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 950 should be a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950		105728 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		98496 MB/sec
	Difference: 7232 (7%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 950 should be quite a bit (approximately 71%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950		49152 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		28800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 20352 (71%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 950 is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950		32768 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		21600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 11168 (52%)

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 maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.