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    GeForce GTX 280 vs GeForce GTX 550 Ti

    GeForce GTX 280
    Memory: 1024Mb GDDR3DESKTOP
    Release date: 16 Jun 2008
    GeForce GTX 280
    GeForce GTX 550 Ti
    Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 15 Mar 2011
    GeForce GTX 550 Ti

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • GeForce GTX 280
      111%
    • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 280

    Around 11% higher average synthetic performance.
    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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

    120 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 280 .
    This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
    Supports PhysX
    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
    GeForce GTX 280

    HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 280

    The GeForce GTX 280 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce GTX 280GeForce GTX 550 Ti
    GPU NameGT200 (G200-302-A2)vsGF116 (GF116-400-A1)
    Fab Process65 nmvs40 nm
    Die Size576 mm²vs238 mm²
    Transistors1,400 millionvs1,170 million
    Shaders240vs192
    Compute Units10vs4
    Core clock602 MHzvs900 MHz
    ROPs32vs24
    TMUs80vs32

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GTX 280GeForce GTX 550 Ti
    Memory TypeGDDR3vsGDDR5
    Bus Width512 bitvs192 bit
    Memory Speed1107 MHz
    2214 MHz effective    		vs1026 MHz
    4104 MHz effective
    Memory Size1024 Mbvs1024 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GTX 280GeForce GTX 550 Ti
    TDP236 wattsvs116 watts
    Release Date16 Jun 2008vs15 Mar 2011

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 280
      19.30 GP/s
    • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
      7.20 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 280
      48.20 GT/s
    • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
      28.80 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GTX 280
      142.00 GB/s
    • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
      98.50 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GTX 280
      622.10 GFLOPs
    • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
      691.20 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    3DMark 11

    • GeForce GTX 280
      2780
    • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
      2490

    Points (higher is better)

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