GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs Radeon RX 480

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 480, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1120 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a speed of 2000 MHz on this model. It features 2304 SPUs as well as 144 Texture Address Units 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

Radeon RX 480		13349 points
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		1897 points
	Difference: 11452 (604%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 550 Ti		116 Watts
Radeon RX 480		150 Watts
	Difference: 34 Watts (29%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon RX 480 should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 480		262144 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		98496 MB/sec
	Difference: 163648 (166%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 480 is quite a bit (approximately 460%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti. (explain)

Radeon RX 480		161280 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		28800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 132480 (460%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 480 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 480		35840 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		21600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 14240 (66%)

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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.