GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs 460 v2

Place in performance ranking	605	654
Place by popularity	not in top-100	66
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.36	0.29
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GF114	GF116
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	24 September 2011 (12 years ago)	15 March 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$149
Current price	$235 (1.2x MSRP)	$197 (1.3x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 460 v2 has 24% better value for money than GTX 550 Ti.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	336	192
CUDA cores	no data	192
Core clock speed	779 MHz	900 MHz
Number of transistors	1,950 million	1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	160 Watt	116 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	no data	100 °C
Texture fill rate	43.62	28.8 billion/sec
Floating-point performance	1,045.6 gflops	691.2 gflops

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 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	210 mm	8.25" (21 cm)
Height	no data	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	One 6-pin
SLI options	no data	+

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	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz	4.1 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	96.19 GB/s	98.4 GB/s

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

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.2
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	2.1	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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 460 v2 4.84
+20.7%

GTX 550 Ti 4.01

460 v2 outperforms 550 Ti by 21% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 460 v2 1871
+20.7%

GTX 550 Ti 1550

460 v2 outperforms 550 Ti by 21% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

GTX 460 v2 7872
+34.9%

GTX 550 Ti 5834

460 v2 outperforms 550 Ti by 35% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GTX 460 v2 22
+10%

GTX 550 Ti 20

460 v2 outperforms 550 Ti by 10% in Octane Render OctaneBench.