FirePro S7150 x2 vs GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	751	not rated
Place by popularity	87	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.66	no data
Power efficiency	2.46	no data
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code name	GF116	Tonga
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	15 March 2011 (14 years ago)	1 February 2016 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	$3,999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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	192	1792 ×2
Core clock speed	900 MHz	920 MHz
Number of transistors	1,170 million	5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	116 Watt	265 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	100 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	28.80	103.0 ×2
Floating-point processing power	0.6912 TFLOPS	3.297 TFLOPS ×2
ROPs	24	32 ×2
TMUs	32	112 ×2
L1 Cache	256 KB	448 KB
L2 Cache	384 KB	512 KB

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	16x PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	210 mm	241 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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	2 GB	8 GB ×2
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit ×2
Memory clock speed	4.1 GB/s	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	98.4 GB/s	160.0 GB/s ×2

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.2	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.1
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.170
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

---

Recency	15 March 2011	1 February 2016
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	116 Watt	265 Watt

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.

---