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    GeForce GTX 460 vs GeForce GTX 550 Ti

    GeForce GTX 460
    Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 12 Jul 2010
    GeForce GTX 460
    GeForce GTX 550 Ti
    Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 15 Mar 2011
    GeForce GTX 550 Ti

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • GeForce GTX 460
      141%
    • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 460

    Around 41% higher average synthetic performance.
    Supports PhysX
    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 550 Ti

    44 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 460 .
    Supports PhysX
    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
    GeForce GTX 460

    HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 460

    The GeForce GTX 460 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 550 Ti
    GPU NameGF104 (GF104-300-KB-A1)vsGF116 (GF116-400-A1)
    Fab Process40 nmvs40 nm
    Die Size332 mm²vs238 mm²
    Transistors1,950 millionvs1,170 million
    Shaders336vs192
    Compute Units7vs4
    Core clock675 MHzvs900 MHz
    ROPs32vs24
    TMUs56vs32

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 550 Ti
    Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
    Bus Width256 bitvs192 bit
    Memory Speed900 MHz
    3600 MHz effective    		vs1026 MHz
    4104 MHz effective
    Memory Size1024 Mbvs1024 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 550 Ti
    TDP160 wattsvs116 watts
    Release Date12 Jul 2010vs15 Mar 2011

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 460
      9.45 GP/s
    • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
      7.20 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 460
      37.80 GT/s
    • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
      28.80 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GTX 460
      115.00 GB/s
    • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
      98.50 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GTX 460
      907.20 GFLOPs
    • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
      691.20 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    3DMark 11

    • GeForce GTX 460
      3530
    • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
      2490

    Points (higher is better)

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