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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

Performance Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

69%
69%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti

145%
145%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti is approximately 76% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
GF116
GK106S
CoresDifferent
192
768
TMUsDifferent
32
64
ROPsDifferent
24
16
Memory Size
1024 MB
1024 MB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
192 bit
128 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti
GPU NameDifferent
GF116
GK106S
GPU VariantDifferent
GF116-400-A1
GK106-220-A1
ArchitectureDifferent
Fermi 2.0
Kepler
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
40 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
1,170 million
2,540 million
DensityDifferent
4.9M / mm²
11.5M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
238 mm²
221 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
BGA-1337
BGA-908

Graphics Card

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti
Release DateDifferent
Mar 15th, 2011
Oct 9th, 2012
GenerationDifferent
GeForce 500
GeForce 600
PredecessorDifferent
GeForce 400
GeForce 500
SuccessorDifferent
GeForce 600
GeForce 700
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Launch Price
149 USD
149 USD
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Reviews
62 in our database
62 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti
GPU ClockDifferent
900 MHz
928 MHz
Shader ClockDifferent
1800 MHz
N/A
Memory ClockDifferent
1026 MHz4.1 Gbps effective
1350 MHz5.4 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti
Memory Size
1024 MB
1024 MB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
192 bit
128 bit
BandwidthDifferent
98.50 GB/s
86.40 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti
Shading UnitsDifferent
192
768
TMUsDifferent
32
64
ROPsDifferent
24
16
SM CountDifferent
4
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
64 KB (per SM)
16 KB (per SMX)
L2 CacheDifferent
384 KB
256 KB
SMX CountDifferent
N/A
4

Theoretical Performance

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti
Pixel RateDifferent
7.200 GPixel/s
14.85 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
28.80 GTexel/s
59.39 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)Different
691.2 GFLOPS
1,425.4 GFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
57.60 GFLOPS (1:12)
59.39 GFLOPS (1:24)

Board Design

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti
Slot WidthDifferent
Dual-slot
Single-slot
LengthDifferent
210 mm8.3 inches
145 mm5.7 inches
TDPDifferent
116 W
110 W
Suggested PSU
300 W
300 W
OutputsDifferent
2x DVI1x mini-HDMI 1.3a
2x DVI1x mini-HDMI 1.4a
Power Connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 6-pin
Board NumberDifferent
P1050 SKU 0
P2010 SKU 15

Graphics Features

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 (11_0)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
1.1
3.0
VulkanDifferent
N/A
1.2.175
CUDADifferent
2.1
3.0
Shader ModelDifferent
5.1
6.5 (5.1)

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