GeForce 9800 GTX vs GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Summary
GeForce 9800 GTX
100%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
155%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce 9800 GTX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
| PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 550 Ti |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Around 55% higher average synthetic performance. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 550 Ti
The GeForce GTX 550 Ti is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| GeForce 9800 GTX | | GeForce GTX 550 Ti | |
|---|
| GPU Name | G92 (G92-420-A2) | vs | GF116 (GF116-400-A1) |
| Fab Process | 65 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 324 mm² | vs | 238 mm² |
| Transistors | 754 million | vs | 1,170 million |
| Shaders | 128 | vs | 192 |
| Compute Units | 8 | vs | 4 |
| Core clock | 675 MHz | vs | 900 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 24 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 32 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce 9800 GTX | | GeForce GTX 550 Ti | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 192 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1100 MHz
2200 MHz effective | vs | 1026 MHz
4104 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce 9800 GTX | | GeForce GTX 550 Ti | |
|---|
| TDP | 140 watts | vs | 116 watts |
| Release Date | 28 Mar 2008 | vs | 15 Mar 2011 |
GeForce 9800 GTX
10.80 GP/s
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
7.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce 9800 GTX
43.20 GT/s
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
28.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce 9800 GTX
70.40 GB/s
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
98.50 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce 9800 GTX
432.10 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
691.20 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce 9800 GTX
1600
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
2490
Points (higher is better)