GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs GTX 1050 Ti

Place in the ranking	330	695
Place by popularity	5	81
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	13.74	0.77
Power efficiency	14.98	2.38
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GP107	GF116
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	25 October 2016 (8 years ago)	15 March 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$139	$149

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1050 Ti has 1684% better value for money than GTX 550 Ti.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	768	192
Core clock speed	1291 MHz	900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1392 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	3,300 million	1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	116 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C	100 °C
Texture fill rate	66.82	28.80
Floating-point processing power	2.138 TFLOPS	0.6912 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	24
TMUs	48	32

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	no data	16x PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm	210 mm
Height	no data	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
SLI options	-	+

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz	4.1 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	98.4 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

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

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready	+	no data
Ansel	+	no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.4	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.2
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	+	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 1050 Ti 16.39
+307%

GTX 550 Ti 4.03

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 1050 Ti 6317
+306%

GTX 550 Ti 1554

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GTX 1050 Ti 9453
+316%

GTX 550 Ti 2272

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GTX 1050 Ti 20718
+259%

GTX 550 Ti 5775

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	150−160 +295%	38 −295%
Full HD	50 +31.6%	38 −31.6%
1440p	29 +314%	7−8 −314%
4K	24 +380%	5−6 −380%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	2.78	3.92
1440p	4.79	21.29
4K	5.79	29.80

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

24−27
+271%

7−8

−271%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	48 +336%	10−12 −336%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30 +800%	3−4 −800%
Battlefield 5	53 +489%	9−10 −489%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35 +267%	9−10 −267%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 +271%	7−8 −271%
Far Cry 5	35−40 +375%	8−9 −375%
Far Cry New Dawn	40−45 +300%	10−12 −300%
Forza Horizon 4	100−110 +338%	24−27 −338%
Hitman 3	30−35 +244%	9−10 −244%
Horizon Zero Dawn	80−85 +204%	27−30 −204%
Metro Exodus	56 +600%	8−9 −600%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50 +350%	10−11 −350%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	80 +433%	14−16 −433%
Watch Dogs: Legion	80−85 +90.7%	40−45 −90.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	64 +482%	10−12 −482%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30 +800%	3−4 −800%
Battlefield 5	44 +389%	9−10 −389%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35 +267%	9−10 −267%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 +271%	7−8 −271%
Far Cry 5	35 +338%	8−9 −338%
Far Cry New Dawn	41 +273%	10−12 −273%
Forza Horizon 4	100−110 +338%	24−27 −338%
Hitman 3	30−35 +244%	9−10 −244%
Horizon Zero Dawn	80−85 +204%	27−30 −204%
Metro Exodus	46 +475%	8−9 −475%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50 +350%	10−11 −350%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50 +233%	14−16 −233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35−40 +138%	16−18 −138%
Watch Dogs: Legion	80−85 +90.7%	40−45 −90.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24 +118%	10−12 −118%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30 +800%	3−4 −800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35 +267%	9−10 −267%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 +271%	7−8 −271%
Far Cry 5	27 +238%	8−9 −238%
Forza Horizon 4	45 +87.5%	24−27 −87.5%
Hitman 3	30−35 +244%	9−10 −244%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45 +66.7%	27−30 −66.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	43 +187%	14−16 −187%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	26 +62.5%	16−18 −62.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	80−85 +90.7%	40−45 −90.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

45−50
+350%

10−11

−350%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−35 +357%	7−8 −357%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 +317%	6−7 −317%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 +300%	4−5 −300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16 +367%	3−4 −367%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 +500%	3−4 −500%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +350%	2−3 −350%
Far Cry 5	18−20 +280%	5−6 −280%
Forza Horizon 4	75 +1400%	5−6 −1400%
Hitman 3	18−20 +138%	8−9 −138%
Horizon Zero Dawn	32 +256%	9−10 −256%
Metro Exodus	29 +314%	7−8 −314%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30 +329%	7−8 −329%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 +500%	3−4 −500%
Watch Dogs: Legion	95−100 +296%	24−27 −296%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

27−30
+238%

8−9

−238%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 +700%	2−3 −700%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 +300%	3−4 −300%
Hitman 3	12−14	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	80−85 +361%	18−20 −361%
Metro Exodus	14	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +433%	3−4 −433%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 +200%	3−4 −200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4	0−1
Far Cry 5	9−10 +350%	2−3 −350%
Forza Horizon 4	20 +900%	2−3 −900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	17 +325%	4−5 −325%
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16
+200%

5−6

−200%

This is how GTX 1050 Ti and GTX 550 Ti compete in popular games:

GTX 1050 Ti is 295% faster in 900p
GTX 1050 Ti is 32% faster in 1080p
GTX 1050 Ti is 314% faster in 1440p
GTX 1050 Ti is 380% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Forza Horizon 4, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 1050 Ti is 1400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, GTX 1050 Ti surpassed GTX 550 Ti in all 63 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	16.39	4.03
Recency	25 October 2016	15 March 2011
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	116 Watt

GTX 1050 Ti has a 306.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 54.7% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 550 Ti in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.