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    GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs GeForce GTX 970

    GeForce GTX 550 Ti
    Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 15 Mar 2011
    GeForce GTX 550 Ti
    GeForce GTX 970
    Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 19 Sep 2014
    GeForce GTX 970

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
      100%
    • GeForce GTX 970
      632%

    Relative performance

    Gaming performance index

    • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
      100%
    • GeForce GTX 970
      5400%

    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    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 970

    5300% 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    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 970

    HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 970

    The GeForce GTX 970 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 970
    GPU NameGF116 (GF116-400-A1)vsGM204 (GM204-200-A1)
    Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
    Die Size238 mm²vs398 mm²
    Transistors1,170 millionvs5,200 million
    Shaders192vs1664
    Compute Units4vs13
    Core clock900 MHzvs1050 MHz
    ROPs24vs56
    TMUs32vs104

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce GTX 970
    Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
    Bus Width192 bitvs256 bit
    Memory Speed1026 MHz
    4104 MHz effective    		vs1753 MHz
    7012 MHz effective
    Memory Size1024 Mbvs4096 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce GTX 970
    TDP116 wattsvs148 watts
    Release Date15 Mar 2011vs19 Sep 2014

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
      7.20 GP/s
    • GeForce GTX 970
      58.80 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
      28.80 GT/s
    • GeForce GTX 970
      109.20 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
      98.50 GB/s
    • GeForce GTX 970
      224.40 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
      691.20 GFLOPs
    • GeForce GTX 970
      3494.00 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    3DMark 11

    • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
      2490
    • GeForce GTX 970
      15750

    Points (higher is better)

    Game benchmarks

    Hitman Absolution

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

    • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
      1
    • GeForce GTX 970
      54

    FPS (higher is better)

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