AMD Radeon R9 370 1024SP vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 370 1024SP and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R9 370 1024SP

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 370 1024SP

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2.2x more texture fill rate: 62.4 GTexel / s vs 28.8 billion / sec
5.3x more pipelines: 1024 vs 192
2.9x better floating-point performance: 1,997 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
5.5x more memory clock speed: 5600 MHz vs 1026 MHz

Launch date	12 June 2015 vs 15 March 2011
Texture fill rate	62.4 GTexel / s vs 28.8 billion / sec
Pipelines	1024 vs 192
Floating-point performance	1,997 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz vs 1026 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Around 95% higher core clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 925 MHz
Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 116 Watt vs 150 Watt

Core clock speed	1800 MHz vs 925 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	116 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 370 1024SP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Name	AMD Radeon R9 370 1024SP	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
PassMark - G3D Mark		1557
PassMark - G2D Mark		382
Geekbench - OpenCL		5750
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		18.461
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		354.392
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.125
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		18.511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		41.941
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3322
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3322
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		322

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 370 1024SP	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Trinidad	GF116
Launch date	12 June 2015	15 March 2011
Place in performance rating	not rated	1019
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$149
Price now		$287.59
Value for money (0-100)		7.49
Technical info
Boost clock speed	975 MHz
Core clock speed	925 MHz	1800 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,997 gflops	691.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1024	192
Texture fill rate	62.4 GTexel / s	28.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	116 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	1,170 million
CUDA cores		192
Maximum GPU temperature		100 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	Two Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	One 6-pin
Bus support		16x PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		8.25" (21 cm)
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB / s	98.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz	1026 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI