Radeon HD 3870 X2 vs GeForce GTX 550 Ti |
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| Is dual GPU | Yes | vs | No | About half of graphics cards are dual GPU | |||
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| Higher pixel rate | 26.4 GPixel/s | vs | 7.2 GPixel/s | Around 3.8x higher pixel rate | |||
| Much wider memory bus | 512 bit | vs | 192 bit | Around 2.8x wider memory bus | |||
| Higher memory bandwidth | 115.32 GB/s | vs | 98.5 GB/s | More than 15% higher memory bandwidth | |||
| More shading units | 640 | vs | 192 | 448 more shading units | |||
| More render output processors | 32 | vs | 24 | 8 more render output processors | |||
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| Significantly higher effective memory clock speed | 4,104 MHz | vs | 1,802 MHz | More than 2.2x higher effective memory clock speed | |||
| Better PassMark score | 1,926 | vs | 872 | Around 2.2x better PassMark score | |||
| Slightly higher clock speed | 900 MHz | vs | 825 MHz | Around 10% higher clock speed | |||
| Better cloud gate factor score | 13.73 | vs | 10.96 | More than 25% better cloud gate factor score | |||
| Higher memory clock speed | 1,026 MHz | vs | 901 MHz | Around 15% higher memory clock speed | |||
| Lower TDP | 116W | vs | 165W | Around 30% lower TDP | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Radeon HD 3870 X2 vs GeForce GTX 550 Ti
PassMark Industry standard benchmark for overall graphics card performanceData courtesy Passmark
T-Rex (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench
Cloud Gate Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
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