NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7850
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7850

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti  vs  AMD Radeon HD 7850.

531
Place in performance rating
317
6.21
Value for money (0-100)
8.71
Fermi
Architecture
GCN 1.0
GF116
Code name
Pitcairn
Desktop
Type
Desktop
15 March 2011 (10 years ago)
Release date
5 March 2012 (9 years ago)
$149
Launch price (MSRP)
$249
$141 (0.9x MSRP)
Price now
$277 (1.1x MSRP)
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Design
reference
1.47
Value for money
4.63
GF116
GPU code name
Pitcairn
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti  vs  AMD Radeon HD 7850 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

192
Pipelines
1024
900 MHz
Core clock speed
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no data
Boost Clock
1000 MHz
1,170 million
Transistor count
2,800 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
116 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
225 Watt
28.8 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
55.04
691.2 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,761 gflops
100 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
192
CUDA cores
no data
192
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1024
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Boost clock speed
1000 MHz
1,170 million
Number of transistors
2,800 million
116 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
225 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti and AMD Radeon HD 7850 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
8.25" (21 cm)
Length
210 mm
One 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
+
SLI options
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16x PCI-E 2.0
Bus support
PCIe 2.1 x16
4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
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Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs AMD Radeon HD 7850.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
4.1 GB/s
Memory clock speed
1200 MHz
98.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
153.6 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs AMD Radeon HD 7850.

Two Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMI
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
+
Multi monitor support
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2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
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Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
no data
Eyefinity
1
+
HDMI
+
no data
DisplayPort support
-

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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3D Vision
no data
+
CUDA
no data
no data
AppAcceleration
-
no data
CrossFire
1
no data
FreeSync
1
no data
HD3D
-
no data
PowerTune
-
no data
TrueAudio
-
no data
ZeroCore
-
no data
Enduro
-
+
DSR
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti and AMD Radeon HD 7850 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (11_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 11
4.2
OpenGL
4.6
no data
Vulkan
+
no data
Shader Model
5.1
no data
OpenCL
1.2
no data
Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti and AMD Radeon HD 7850 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti or AMD Radeon HD 7850 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
AMD Radeon HD 7850
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
AMD Radeon HD 7850
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
AMD Radeon HD 7850
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
AMD Radeon HD 7850
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
AMD Radeon HD 7850
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Cheaper ($141 (0.9x MSRP) vs $277 (1.1x MSRP))

Less power consumption (116 Watt vs 225 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7850

10.1% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1024 vs 192)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (2 GB vs 1 GB)

More memory bandwidth (153.6 GB/s vs 98.4 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti or AMD Radeon HD 7850?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 7850 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti versus AMD Radeon HD 7850 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

3.7 Out of 217 Hitesti Score
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