NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 610

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 4x lower typical power consumption: 29 Watt vs 116 Watt
Launch date 2 April 2012 vs 15 March 2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 29 Watt vs 116 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

  • 2.2x more core clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 810 MHz
  • 4.4x more texture fill rate: 28.8 billion / sec vs 6.5 billion / sec
  • 4x more pipelines: 192 vs 48
  • 4.4x better floating-point performance: 691.2 gflops vs 155.5 gflops
  • 1026x more memory clock speed: 1026 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s
  • 4.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1557 vs 322
  • 2.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 382 vs 131
  • 4.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5750 vs 1283
  • 7.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 18.461 vs 2.471
  • 4.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 354.392 vs 77.99
  • 4.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.125 vs 0.233
  • 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 18.511 vs 6.018
  • 10.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 41.941 vs 4.053
  • 4.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2488 vs 555
  • 4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3351 vs 835
  • 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3322 vs 1155
  • 4.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2488 vs 555
  • 4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3351 vs 835
  • 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3322 vs 1155
  • 3.7x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 322 vs 87
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1800 MHz vs 810 MHz
Texture fill rate 28.8 billion / sec vs 6.5 billion / sec
Pipelines 192 vs 48
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops vs 155.5 gflops
Memory clock speed 1026 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1557 vs 322
PassMark - G2D Mark 382 vs 131
Geekbench - OpenCL 5750 vs 1283
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 18.461 vs 2.471
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 354.392 vs 77.99
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.125 vs 0.233
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 18.511 vs 6.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 41.941 vs 4.053
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2488 vs 555
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3351 vs 835
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3322 vs 1155
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2488 vs 555
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3351 vs 835
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3322 vs 1155
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 322 vs 87

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 610
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
322
1557
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
131
382
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1283
5750
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.471
18.461
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
77.99
354.392
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.233
1.125
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6.018
18.511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.053
41.941
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
555
2488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
835
3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1155
3322
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
555
2488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
835
3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1155
3322
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
87
322
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
PassMark - G3D Mark 322 1557
PassMark - G2D Mark 131 382
Geekbench - OpenCL 1283 5750
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.471 18.461
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 77.99 354.392
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.233 1.125
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 6.018 18.511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 4.053 41.941
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 555 2488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 835 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1155 3322
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 555 2488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 835 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1155 3322
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 87 322

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name GF119 GF116
Launch date 2 April 2012 15 March 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $39.99 $149
Place in performance rating 1626 1019
Price now $39.99 $287.59
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 10.13 7.49

Technical info

Core clock speed 810 MHz 1800 MHz
CUDA cores 48 192
Floating-point performance 155.5 gflops 691.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 102 °C 100 °C
Pipelines 48 192
Texture fill rate 6.5 billion / sec 28.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 29 Watt 116 Watt
Transistor count 292 million 1,170 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal Internal
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI, VGA Two Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 2.7" (6.9 cm) 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 5.7" (14.5 cm) 8.25" (21 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None One 6-pin
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.2 4.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1024 MB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 98.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 1.8 GB/s 1026 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
CUDA
3D Vision
DSR
SLI