GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs GeForce GTX 760

GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 15 Mar 2011
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
GeForce GTX 760
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 25 Jun 2013
GeForce GTX 760

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 760
    345%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 760
    3700%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 550 Ti

54 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 760 .
Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 760

3600% 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 760

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 760

The GeForce GTX 760 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 760
GPU NameGF116 (GF116-400-A1)vsGK104 (GK104-225-A2)
Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
Die Size238 mm²vs294 mm²
Transistors1,170 millionvs3,540 million
Shaders192vs1152
Compute Units4vs6
Core clock900 MHzvs980 MHz
ROPs24vs32
TMUs32vs96

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce GTX 760
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width192 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1026 MHz
4104 MHz effective
vs1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce GTX 760
TDP116 wattsvs170 watts
Release Date15 Mar 2011vs25 Jun 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
    7.20 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 760
    23.50 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
    28.80 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 760
    94.10 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
    98.50 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 760
    192.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
    691.20 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 760
    2258.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
    2490
  • GeForce GTX 760
    8600

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Hitman Absolution

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

  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
    1
  • GeForce GTX 760
    37

FPS (higher is better)