ATI Radeon HD 4860 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

ATI Radeon HD 4860
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti $149
640 Shaders
1GB GDDR5
700MHz
192 Shaders
Shared Memory
900MHz
Peak AI Performance
900 GFLOPS
FP32
Peak AI Performance
0.69 TOPS
INT32
FP32
900 GFLOPS
FP32
690 GFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
130W
TDP
116W
Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin

Peak AI Performance

  • 30% faster vs GeForce GTX 550 Ti
  • 23% slower vs Radeon HD 4860
Radeon HD 4860 - 900 GFLOPS FP32
x1.3
GeForce GTX 550 Ti - 0.69 TOPS INT32
x1

FP32

  • 30% faster vs GeForce GTX 550 Ti
  • 23% slower vs Radeon HD 4860
Radeon HD 4860 - 900 GFLOPS FP32
x1.3
GeForce GTX 550 Ti - 690 GFLOPS FP32
x1
  • 46% faster vs GeForce GTX 550 Ti
  • 32% slower vs Radeon HD 4860
Radeon HD 4860 - 96GB/s
x1.46
GeForce GTX 550 Ti - 65.7GB/s
x1
  • 12% higher vs GeForce GTX 550 Ti
  • 11% lower vs Radeon HD 4860
Radeon HD 4860 - 130W
x1.12
GeForce GTX 550 Ti - 116W
x1
Manufacturer
ATI
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
ATI
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
TeraScale 1
Architecture
Fermi
Family
Radeon HD 4000
Family
GeForce 500
Codename
Spartan
RV790
Variant
RV790 GT
Codename
NVCF
GF116
Variant
GF116-400
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
9/9/2009
Release Date
3/15/2011
Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
TSMC
Fabrication Node
55nm
Fabrication Node
40nm
Die Size
282 mm²
Die Size
238 mm²
Transistor Count
959 Million
Transistor Count
1.2 Billion
Transistor Density
3.40M/mm²
Transistor Density
4.92M/mm²
Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
640 Shaders
Shading Units
192 Shaders
Texture Mapping Units
32 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
32 TMUs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
Render Output Units
24 ROPs
-
-
Streaming Multiprocessors
4 SMs
Compute Units
8 CUs
-
-
-
700MHz
1800MHz Shader
900MHz
Peak AI Performance
900 GFLOPS
FP32
Peak AI Performance
0.69 TOPS
INT32
FP32
900 GFLOPS
FP32
690 GFLOPS
FP64
180 GFLOPS
FP64
60 GFLOPS
-
-
INT32
0.69 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
11.2 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
21.6 GPixel/s
Texture Fillrate
22.4 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
28.8 GTexel/s
L1
-
16KB/CU
L1
64KB/SM
-
L2
256KB Shared
L2
384KB Shared
1GB
GDDR5
Shared Memory
-
Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
750MHz
Transfer Rate
3GT/s
Bandwidth
96GB/s
Clock
1026MHz
Transfer Rate
4.1GT/s
Bandwidth
65.7GB/s
TDP
130W
TDP
116W
1x S-Video
2x DVI-I Dual-Link
-
-
2x DVI-I Dual-Link
1x mini-HDMI 1.3
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
2
Multi Monitor Support
2
No Encoders
No Encoders
Model
UVD 2.0
No Decoders
Codec
VC-1
AVC (H.264)
-
-
Direct X
10
Direct 3D
10_1
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_0
OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
1.1
Shader Model
4.1
-
-
GFX
3
-
-
-
-
Shader Model
5.1
CUDA
2.1
-
-
PureVideo HD
VP4
VDPAU
Feature Set C
1x Fan
1x Fan
Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
2.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
2.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way CrossFireX
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
2-way SLI
-
-
-
-
-
-
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
210 mm (8.27 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
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