GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs GeForce GTX 950

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 950, which has a clock frequency of 1024 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1652 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 768 SPUs, 48 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 950		6536 points
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		1897 points
	Difference: 4639 (245%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 950		90 Watts
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		116 Watts
	Difference: 26 Watts (29%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 950 should perform just a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950		105728 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		98496 MB/sec
	Difference: 7232 (7%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 950 is much (approximately 71%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950		49152 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		28800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 20352 (71%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 950 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950		32768 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		21600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 11168 (52%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.