GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs 460 |
Released March, 2011
Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti
- 900 MHz
- 1 GB GDDR5
by techPowerUp! (Mar, 2011)Clock speeds are improved as well out of the box but are not the highest we have seen today.
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Released October, 2010
Nvidia GeForce GTX 460
- 650 MHz
- 1 GB GDDR5
by techPowerUp! (Aug, 2010)As mentioned before the overclock out of the box is great for novice users, but experienced overclockers may as well opt for a non-overclocked version and save some money.
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Significantly higher clock speed | 900 MHz | vs | 650 MHz | Around 40% higher clock speed | |||
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| Higher effective memory clock speed | 4,104 MHz | vs | 3,400 MHz | More than 20% higher effective memory clock speed | |||
| Higher memory clock speed | 1,026 MHz | vs | 850 MHz | More than 20% higher memory clock speed | |||
| Lower TDP | 116W | vs | 150W | Around 25% lower TDP | |||
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| More render output processors | 32 | vs | 24 | 8 more render output processors | |||
| More texture mapping units | 56 | vs | 32 | 24 more texture mapping units | |||
| Wider memory bus | 256 bit | vs | 192 bit | Around 35% wider memory bus | |||
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Features Key features of the GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs 460
memory bandwidth Rate at which data can be read from or stored in onboard memory
pixel rate Number of pixels a graphics card can render to the screen every second
texture rate Speed at which a graphics card can perform texture mapping
floating point performance How fast the gpu can crunch numbers
shading units Subcomponents of the gpu, these run in parallel to enable fast pixel shading
texture mapping units Built into each gpu, these resize and rotate bitmaps for texturing scenes
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| GeForce GTX 550 Ti | vs | 460 | ||
 | GeForce GTX 460 | |||
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Specifications Full list of technical specs
gpu | GeForce GTX 550 Ti | vs | 460 |
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| GPU brand | Nvidia | Nvidia | |
| GPU name | GF116 | GF104 | |
| Market | Desktop | Desktop | |
| Clock speed | 900 MHz | 650 MHz | |
| Is dual GPU | No | No | |
| Reference card | None | None | |
raw performance | |||
| Shading units | 192 | 336 | |
| Texture mapping units | 32 | 56 | |
| Render output processors | 24 | 32 | |
| Pixel rate | 7.2 GPixel/s | 9.1 GPixel/s | |
| Texture rate | 28.8 GTexel/s | 36.4 GTexel/s | |
| Floating-point performance | 691.2 GFLOPS | 873.6 GFLOPS | |
memory | GeForce GTX 550 Ti | vs | 460 |
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| Memory clock speed | 1,026 MHz | 850 MHz | |
| Effective memory clock speed | 4,104 MHz | 3,400 MHz | |
| Memory bus | 192 bit | 256 bit | |
| Memory | 1,024 MB | 1,024 MB | |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 | |
| Memory bandwidth | 98.5 GB/s | 108.8 GB/s | |
noise and power | |||
| TDP | 116W | 150W | |
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