NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 39% higher core clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1296 MHz
Around 11% better floating-point performance: 691.2 gflops vs 622.1 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
2x lower typical power consumption: 116 Watt vs 236 Watt
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1553 vs 1299
6.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 376 vs 62
Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3351 vs 2697
Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3351 vs 2697

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 March 2011 vs 16 June 2008
Core clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1296 MHz
Floating-point performance	691.2 gflops vs 622.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	116 Watt vs 236 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1553 vs 1299
PassMark - G2D Mark	376 vs 62
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3351 vs 2697
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3351 vs 2697

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

Around 67% higher texture fill rate: 48.2 billion / sec vs 28.8 billion / sec
Around 25% higher pipelines: 240 vs 192
Around 8% higher memory clock speed: 1107 MHz vs 1026 MHz
3.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 21396 vs 5767

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	48.2 billion / sec vs 28.8 billion / sec
Pipelines	240 vs 192
Memory clock speed	1107 MHz vs 1026 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	21396 vs 5767
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3325 vs 3322
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3325 vs 3322

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1553

1299

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

376

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5767

21396

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

2697

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3322

3325

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

2697

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3322

3325

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
PassMark - G3D Mark	1553	1299
PassMark - G2D Mark	376	62
Geekbench - OpenCL	5767	21396
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	2697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3322	3325
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3351	2697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3322	3325
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	322

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GF116	GT200
Launch date	15 March 2011	16 June 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	$649
Place in performance rating	1061	1062
Price now	$287.59	$522.78
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	7.49	2.98
Technical info
Core clock speed	1800 MHz	1296 MHz
CUDA cores	192	240
Floating-point performance	691.2 gflops	622.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	100 °C	105 °C
Pipelines	192	240
Texture fill rate	28.8 billion / sec	48.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	116 Watt	236 Watt
Transistor count	1,170 million	1,400 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, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual 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)	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options	2-way	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	One 6-pin	6-pin & 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.2	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	98.4 GB / s	141.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1026 MHz	1107 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI