Quadro GV100 vs GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Place in performance ranking	655	48
Place by popularity	72	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.29	4.74
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Volta (2017−2020)
GPU code name	GF116	GV100
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	15 March 2011 (13 years ago)	27 March 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	$8,999
Current price	$197 (1.3x MSRP)	$5183 (0.6x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro GV100 has 1534% 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	192	5120
CUDA cores	192	no data
Core clock speed	900 MHz	1132 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1627 MHz
Number of transistors	1,170 million	21,100 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	116 Watt	250 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	100 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	28.8 billion/sec	520.6
Floating-point performance	691.2 gflops	14,817 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	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

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	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	32 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	4096 Bit
Memory clock speed	4.1 GB/s	1696 MHz
Memory bandwidth	98.4 GB/s	868.4 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	Two Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMI	4x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.2	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	7.0

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 4.02

Quadro GV100 51.34
+1177%

Quadro GV100 outperforms GeForce GTX 550 Ti by 1177% based on our aggregate 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 1551

Quadro GV100 19824
+1178%

Quadro GV100 outperforms GeForce GTX 550 Ti by 1178% 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 550 Ti 5834

Quadro GV100 158931
+2624%

Quadro GV100 outperforms GeForce GTX 550 Ti by 2624% 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 −1084%	450−500 +1084%
Full HD	32 −1150%	400−450 +1150%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

7−8

−1114%

85−90
+1114%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −1100%	120−130 +1100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −1067%	35−40 +1067%
Battlefield 5	9−10 −1122%	110−120 +1122%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −1122%	110−120 +1122%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −1114%	85−90 +1114%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −1150%	100−105 +1150%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12 −1173%	140−150 +1173%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −1122%	220−230 +1122%
Hitman 3	8−9 −1150%	100−105 +1150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	20−22 −1150%	250−260 +1150%
Metro Exodus	6−7 −1150%	75−80 +1150%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 −1100%	120−130 +1100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −1131%	160−170 +1131%
Watch Dogs: Legion	20−22 −1150%	250−260 +1150%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −1100%	120−130 +1100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −1067%	35−40 +1067%
Battlefield 5	9−10 −1122%	110−120 +1122%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −1122%	110−120 +1122%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −1114%	85−90 +1114%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −1150%	100−105 +1150%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12 −1173%	140−150 +1173%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −1122%	220−230 +1122%
Hitman 3	8−9 −1150%	100−105 +1150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	20−22 −1150%	250−260 +1150%
Metro Exodus	6−7 −1150%	75−80 +1150%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 −1100%	120−130 +1100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −1131%	160−170 +1131%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −1122%	110−120 +1122%
Watch Dogs: Legion	20−22 −1150%	250−260 +1150%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −1100%	120−130 +1100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −1067%	35−40 +1067%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −1122%	110−120 +1122%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −1114%	85−90 +1114%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −1150%	100−105 +1150%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −1122%	220−230 +1122%
Horizon Zero Dawn	20−22 −1150%	250−260 +1150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −1131%	160−170 +1131%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −1122%	110−120 +1122%
Watch Dogs: Legion	20−22 −1150%	250−260 +1150%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−11

−1100%

120−130
+1100%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 −1114%	85−90 +1114%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 −1150%	100−105 +1150%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −1150%	50−55 +1150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −1150%	75−80 +1150%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1100%	24−27 +1100%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −1150%	50−55 +1150%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −1067%	35−40 +1067%
Hitman 3	8−9 −1150%	100−105 +1150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 −1100%	120−130 +1100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −1067%	35−40 +1067%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −1100%	12−14 +1100%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9
−1150%

100−105

+1150%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −1100%	24−27 +1100%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −1067%	35−40 +1067%
Hitman 3	0−1	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −1100%	60−65 +1100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −1067%	35−40 +1067%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −1100%	24−27 +1100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −1100%	12−14 +1100%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3 −1100%	24−27 +1100%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −1100%	24−27 +1100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −1100%	60−65 +1100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −1100%	12−14 +1100%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

−1100%

60−65
+1100%

This is how GTX 550 Ti and Quadro GV100 compete in popular games:

Quadro GV100 is 1084% faster in 900p
Quadro GV100 is 1150% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.02	51.34
Recency	15 March 2011	27 March 2018
Cost	$149	$8999
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	32 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	116 Watt	250 Watt

GTX 550 Ti has its recommended price lower by $8850, and 115.5% lower power consumption.

Quadro GV100, on the other hand, has a 1177.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 233.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Quadro GV100 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 550 Ti in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 550 Ti is a desktop card while Quadro GV100 is a workstation one.

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