GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs GeForce GTX 960
Summary
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
100%
GeForce GTX 960
416%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
100%
GeForce GTX 960
3400%
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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 960 |
| 3300% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 960
The GeForce GTX 960 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (1 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 550 Ti | | GeForce GTX 960 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF116 (GF116-400-A1) | vs | GM206 (GM206-300-A1) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 238 mm² | vs | 228 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,170 million | vs | 2,940 million |
| Shaders | 192 | vs | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 4 | vs | 8 |
| Core clock | 900 MHz | vs | 1127 MHz |
| ROPs | 24 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 32 | vs | 64 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 550 Ti | | GeForce GTX 960 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1026 MHz
4104 MHz effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 550 Ti | | GeForce GTX 960 | |
|---|
| TDP | 116 watts | vs | 120 watts |
| Release Date | 15 Mar 2011 | vs | 22 Jan 2015 |
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
7.20 GP/s
GeForce GTX 960
36.10 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
28.80 GT/s
GeForce GTX 960
72.10 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
98.50 GB/s
GeForce GTX 960
112.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
691.20 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 960
2308.10 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
2490
GeForce GTX 960
10380
Points (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
1
GeForce GTX 960
34
FPS (higher is better)