NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs ATI Radeon HD 4550

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti and ATI Radeon HD 4550 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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 560 Ti

ATI Radeon HD 4550

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 37% higher core clock speed: 823 MHz vs 600 MHz
11x more texture fill rate: 52.7 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
4.8x more pipelines: 384 vs 80
13.2x better floating-point performance: 1,263.4 gflops vs 96 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
3.1x more memory clock speed: 4008 MHz vs 1310 MHz
13x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3063 vs 236
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 438 vs 429
6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3333 vs 558
6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3333 vs 558

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 January 2011 vs 30 September 2008
Core clock speed	823 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	52.7 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 80
Floating-point performance	1,263.4 gflops vs 96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz vs 1310 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3063 vs 236
PassMark - G2D Mark	438 vs 429
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3333 vs 558
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3333 vs 558

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4550

6.8x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 170 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 170 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3063

236

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

438

429

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3333

558

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3333

558

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti	ATI Radeon HD 4550
PassMark - G3D Mark	3063	236
PassMark - G2D Mark	438	429
Geekbench - OpenCL	10721
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	31.935
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	539.966
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	35.841
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	64.308
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3333	558
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3333	558
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	389

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti	ATI Radeon HD 4550
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GF114	RV710
Launch date	25 January 2011	30 September 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$249	$59
Place in performance rating	799	800
Price now	$138
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	27.88
Technical info
Core clock speed	823 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,263.4 gflops	96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	384	80
Texture fill rate	52.7 GTexel / s	4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	242 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	229 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	128.3 GB / s	10.48 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz	1310 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2