GeForce RTX 2070 Super vs GTX 550 Ti

Place in performance ranking	651	63
Place by popularity	55	93
Value for money	0.28	46.49
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	GF116	Turing TU104
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	15 March 2011 (13 years ago)	2 July 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	$499
Current price	$197 (1.3x MSRP)	$261 (0.5x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 2070 Super has 16504% better value for money than GTX 550 Ti.

Technical specs

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	192	2560
CUDA cores	192	no data
Core clock speed	900 MHz	1605 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1770 MHz
Number of transistors	1,170 million	13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	116 Watt	215 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	100 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	28.8 billion/sec	283.2
Floating-point performance	691.2 gflops	no data

Size and 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	8.25" (21 cm)	267 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	One 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
SLI options	+	no data

Memory

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4.1 GB/s	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	98.4 GB/s	448.0 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

Video outputs and ports

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	Two Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMI	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
G-SYNC support	no data	+
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Technologies

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

VR Ready

no data

API support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.2	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	7.5

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 550 Ti 3.99

RTX 2070 Super 47.12
+1081%

RTX 2070 Super outperforms GTX 550 Ti by 1081% 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 550 Ti 1546

RTX 2070 Super 18251
+1081%

RTX 2070 Super outperforms GTX 550 Ti by 1081% in Passmark.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 550 Ti 10229

RTX 2070 Super 89209
+772%

RTX 2070 Super outperforms GTX 550 Ti by 772% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 550 Ti 2272

RTX 2070 Super 35032
+1442%

RTX 2070 Super outperforms GTX 550 Ti by 1442% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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 550 Ti 5826

RTX 2070 Super 99847
+1614%

RTX 2070 Super outperforms GTX 550 Ti by 1614% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

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	38 −953%	400−450 +953%
Full HD	37 −265%	135 +265%
1440p	7−8 −1100%	84 +1100%
4K	4−5 −1275%	55 +1275%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

7−8

−1243%

94
+1243%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −1386%	104 +1386%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −4300%	88 +4300%
Battlefield 5	10−12 −973%	118 +973%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −1186%	180 +1186%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −1100%	84 +1100%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −1657%	123 +1657%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 −1300%	112 +1300%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −1350%	174 +1350%
Hitman 3	8−9 −2100%	176 +2100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −1486%	111 +1486%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −1363%	117 +1363%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 −1091%	131 +1091%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −2675%	111 +2675%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −1186%	90 +1186%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −3600%	74 +3600%
Battlefield 5	10−12 −836%	103 +836%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −893%	139 +893%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −1014%	78 +1014%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −1571%	117 +1571%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 −1238%	107 +1238%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −1333%	172 +1333%
Hitman 3	8−9 −1825%	154 +1825%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −1143%	87 +1143%
Metro Exodus	6−7 −1400%	90 +1400%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −738%	67 +738%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 −1018%	123 +1018%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −1911%	181 +1911%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −2300%	96 +2300%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −829%	65 +829%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −3200%	66 +3200%
Battlefield 5	10−12 −764%	95 +764%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −943%	73 +943%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −1471%	110 +1471%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 −1125%	98 +1125%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −1175%	153 +1175%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −1011%	100 +1011%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −1600%	68 +1600%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −1257%	95 +1257%
Hitman 3	7−8 −1343%	101 +1343%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 −530%	63 +530%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −2750%	57 +2750%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −2100%	44 +2100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −1129%	86 +1129%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −2750%	57 +2750%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −2250%	47 +2250%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −1533%	98 +1533%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −4450%	91 +4450%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −3025%	125 +3025%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −1750%	70−75 +1750%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −1733%	55 +1733%
Hitman 3	4−5 −1275%	55 +1275%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −138%	19 +138%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −1300%	28 +1300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1−2 −4500%	46 +4500%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −1850%	39 +1850%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −3100%	32 +3100%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	23
Far Cry 5	4−5 −1250%	54 +1250%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −714%	57 +714%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −8300%	84 +8300%

This is how GTX 550 Ti and RTX 2070 Super compete in popular games:

RTX 2070 Super is 953% faster than GTX 550 Ti in 900p
RTX 2070 Super is 265% faster than GTX 550 Ti in 1080p
RTX 2070 Super is 1100% faster than GTX 550 Ti in 1440p
RTX 2070 Super is 1275% faster than GTX 550 Ti in 4K

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

in Forza Horizon 4, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 2070 Super is 8300% faster than the GTX 550 Ti.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, RTX 2070 Super surpassed GTX 550 Ti in all 60 of our tests.

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	3.99	47.12
Recency	15 March 2011	2 July 2019
Cost	$149	$499
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	116 Watt	215 Watt