NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 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) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 192 vs 128
  • Around 79% better floating-point performance: 691.2 gflops vs 387.1 gflops
  • 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
  • 2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1556 vs 592
  • 7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 379 vs 54
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3351 vs 3108
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3351 vs 3108
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 March 2011 vs 4 March 2009
Pipelines 192 vs 128
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops vs 387.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 116 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1556 vs 592
PassMark - G2D Mark 379 vs 54
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3351 vs 3108
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3351 vs 3108

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

  • Around 2% higher core clock speed: 1836 MHz vs 1800 MHz
  • Around 64% higher texture fill rate: 47.2 billion / sec vs 28.8 billion / sec
  • Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1026 MHz
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3351 vs 3322
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3351 vs 3322
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1836 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Texture fill rate 47.2 billion / sec vs 28.8 billion / sec
Memory clock speed 1100 MHz vs 1026 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 vs 3322
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 vs 3322

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1556
592
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
379
54
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3322
3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3322
3351
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
PassMark - G3D Mark 1556 592
PassMark - G2D Mark 379 54
Geekbench - OpenCL 5781
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 3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3322 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3351 3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3322 3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 322

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 Tesla
Code name GF116 G92B
Launch date 15 March 2011 4 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $149 $199
Place in performance rating 1049 1052
Price now $287.59 $114.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 7.49 9.91

Technical info

Core clock speed 1800 MHz 1836 MHz
CUDA cores 192 128
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops 387.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 100 °C 105 °C
Pipelines 192 128
Texture fill rate 28.8 billion / sec 47.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 116 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 1,170 million 754 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm) 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 8.25" (21 cm) 9" (228.6 mm) (22.9 cm)
SLI options 2-way 2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors One 6-pin 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.2 3.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 98.4 GB / s 70.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1026 MHz 1100 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI