NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs ATI Radeon HD 4860

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

Peak AI Performance

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

FP32

  • 23% slower vs Radeon HD 4860
  • 30% faster vs GeForce GTX 550 Ti
GeForce GTX 550 Ti - 690 GFLOPS FP32
x1
Radeon HD 4860 - 900 GFLOPS FP32
x1.3
  • 32% slower vs Radeon HD 4860
  • 46% faster vs GeForce GTX 550 Ti
GeForce GTX 550 Ti - 65.7GB/s
x1
Radeon HD 4860 - 96GB/s
x1.46
  • 11% lower vs Radeon HD 4860
  • 12% higher vs GeForce GTX 550 Ti
GeForce GTX 550 Ti - 116W
x1
Radeon HD 4860 - 130W
x1.12
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
ATI
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
ATI
Architecture
Fermi
Architecture
TeraScale 1
Family
GeForce 500
Family
Radeon HD 4000
Codename
NVCF
GF116
Variant
GF116-400
Codename
Spartan
RV790
Variant
RV790 GT
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
3/15/2011
Release Date
9/9/2009
Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
TSMC
Fabrication Node
40nm
Fabrication Node
55nm
Die Size
238 mm²
Die Size
282 mm²
Transistor Count
1.2 Billion
Transistor Count
959 Million
Transistor Density
4.92M/mm²
Transistor Density
3.40M/mm²
Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
192 Shaders
Shading Units
640 Shaders
Texture Mapping Units
32 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
32 TMUs
Render Output Units
24 ROPs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
Streaming Multiprocessors
4 SMs
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-
-
-
Compute Units
8 CUs
1800MHz Shader
900MHz
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700MHz
Peak AI Performance
0.69 TOPS
INT32
Peak AI Performance
900 GFLOPS
FP32
FP32
690 GFLOPS
FP32
900 GFLOPS
FP64
60 GFLOPS
FP64
180 GFLOPS
INT32
0.69 TOPS
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-
Pixel Fillrate
21.6 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
11.2 GPixel/s
Texture Fillrate
28.8 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
22.4 GTexel/s
L1
64KB/SM
-
L1
-
16KB/CU
L2
384KB Shared
L2
256KB Shared
Shared Memory
-
1GB
GDDR5
Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
1026MHz
Transfer Rate
4.1GT/s
Bandwidth
65.7GB/s
Clock
750MHz
Transfer Rate
3GT/s
Bandwidth
96GB/s
TDP
116W
TDP
130W
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2x DVI-I Dual-Link
1x mini-HDMI 1.3
1x S-Video
2x DVI-I Dual-Link
-
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
No Decoders
Model
UVD 2.0
-
-
Codec
VC-1
AVC (H.264)
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_0
Direct X
10
Direct 3D
10_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
1.1
OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
Shader Model
5.1
CUDA
2.1
-
-
PureVideo HD
VP4
VDPAU
Feature Set C
Shader Model
4.1
-
-
GFX
3
-
-
-
-
1x Fan
1x Fan
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
Power Connectors
2x 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
2-way SLI
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way CrossFireX
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
210 mm (8.27 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
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