NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs ATI Radeon HD 4870
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti and ATI Radeon HD 4870 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 GTX 550 Ti
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
- 2.4x more core clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 750 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
- Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 116 Watt vs 150 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
- Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1557 vs 1386
- 8.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 382 vs 43
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 15 March 2011 vs 25 June 2008 |
| Core clock speed | 1800 MHz vs 750 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 55 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 116 Watt vs 150 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 1 GB vs 512 MB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1557 vs 1386 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 382 vs 43 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870
- Around 4% higher texture fill rate: 30 GTexel / s vs 28.8 billion / sec
- 4.2x more pipelines: 800 vs 192
- Around 74% better floating-point performance: 1,200.0 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
- 3.5x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1026 MHz
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3346 vs 3322
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3346 vs 3322
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Texture fill rate | 30 GTexel / s vs 28.8 billion / sec |
| Pipelines | 800 vs 192 |
| Floating-point performance | 1,200.0 gflops vs 691.2 gflops |
| Memory clock speed | 3600 MHz vs 1026 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3346 vs 3322 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3346 vs 3322 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4870
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti | ATI Radeon HD 4870 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1557 | 1386 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 382 | 43 |
| 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 | 3346 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 2488 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3351 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3322 | 3346 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 322 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti | ATI Radeon HD 4870 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Fermi 2.0 | TeraScale |
| Code name | GF116 | RV770 |
| Launch date | 15 March 2011 | 25 June 2008 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $149 | $299 |
| Place in performance rating | 1019 | 1329 |
| Price now | $287.59 | |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 7.49 | |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 1800 MHz | 750 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 192 | |
| Floating-point performance | 691.2 gflops | 1,200.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 55 nm |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 100 °C | |
| Pipelines | 192 | 800 |
| Texture fill rate | 28.8 billion / sec | 30 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 116 Watt | 150 Watt |
| Transistor count | 1,170 million | 956 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
| Display Connectors | Two Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
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| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | 16x PCI-E 2.0 | |
| Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 8.25" (21 cm) | 250 mm |
| SLI options | 2-way | |
| Supplementary power connectors | One 6-pin | 2x 6-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 10.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.2 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 98.4 GB / s | 115.2 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1026 MHz | 3600 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Technologies |
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