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    GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs GeForce GTX 950

    GeForce GTX 550 Ti
    Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 15 Mar 2011
    GeForce GTX 550 Ti
    GeForce GTX 950
    Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 20 Aug 2015
    GeForce GTX 950

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
      100%
    • GeForce GTX 950
      340%

    Relative performance

    Gaming performance index

    • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
      100%
    • GeForce GTX 950
      3100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 550 Ti

    Supports PhysX
    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 950

    3000% higher gaming performance.
    This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
    Supports PhysX
    Supports G-Sync
    Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
    GeForce GTX 950

    HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 950

    The GeForce GTX 950 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (1 combinations of games and resolutions).

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce GTX 950
    GPU NameGF116 (GF116-400-A1)vsGM206 (GM206-250-A1)
    Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
    Die Size238 mm²vs228 mm²
    Transistors1,170 millionvs2,940 million
    Shaders192vs768
    Compute Units4vs6
    Core clock900 MHzvs1024 MHz
    ROPs24vs32
    TMUs32vs48

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce GTX 950
    Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
    Bus Width192 bitvs128 bit
    Memory Speed1026 MHz
    4104 MHz effective    		vs1653 MHz
    6612 MHz effective
    Memory Size1024 Mbvs2048 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce GTX 950
    TDP116 wattsvs90 watts
    Release Date15 Mar 2011vs20 Aug 2015

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
      7.20 GP/s
    • GeForce GTX 950
      32.80 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
      28.80 GT/s
    • GeForce GTX 950
      49.20 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
      98.50 GB/s
    • GeForce GTX 950
      105.80 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
      691.20 GFLOPs
    • GeForce GTX 950
      1572.90 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    3DMark 11

    • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
      2490
    • GeForce GTX 950
      8490

    Points (higher is better)

    Game benchmarks

    Hitman Absolution

    DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF

    • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
      1
    • GeForce GTX 950
      31

    FPS (higher is better)

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