ATI Radeon HD 5770 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

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Combined performance score

GTX 550 Ti
3.98

Radeon HD 5770 outperforms GeForce GTX 550 Ti by 11% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking649622
Place by popularity63not in top-100
Value for money0.280.66
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGF116Juniper
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date15 March 2011 (13 years old)13 October 2009 (14 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$149 $159
Current price$197 (1.3x MSRP)$103 (0.6x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

ATI HD 5770 has 136% 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 cores192800
CUDA cores192no data
Core clock speed900 MHz850 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)116 Watt108 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature100 °Cno data
Texture fill rate28.8 billion/sec34.00
Floating-point performance691.2 gflops1,360.0 gflops

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 support16x PCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length8.25" (21 cm)208 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsOne 6-pin1x 6-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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed4.1 GB/s4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth98.4 GB/s76.8 GB/s

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 ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMI2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.24.4
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+no data

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 3.98
ATI HD 5770 4.40
+10.6%

Radeon HD 5770 outperforms GeForce GTX 550 Ti by 11% in our combined 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 1544
ATI HD 5770 1705
+10.4%

Radeon HD 5770 outperforms GeForce GTX 550 Ti by 10% 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
ATI HD 5770 11699
+14.4%

Radeon HD 5770 outperforms GeForce GTX 550 Ti by 14% 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
ATI HD 5770 2410
+6.1%

Radeon HD 5770 outperforms GeForce GTX 550 Ti by 6% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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:

900p38
+58.3%
24
−58.3%
Full HD37
−35.1%
50
+35.1%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Battlefield 5 10−12
−9.1%
12−14
+9.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
−7.1%
14−16
+7.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
−12.5%
9−10
+12.5%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−16.7%
14−16
+16.7%
Hitman 3 8−9
−12.5%
9−10
+12.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
−9.1%
12−14
+9.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Battlefield 5 10−12
−9.1%
12−14
+9.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
−7.1%
14−16
+7.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
−12.5%
9−10
+12.5%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−16.7%
14−16
+16.7%
Hitman 3 8−9
−12.5%
9−10
+12.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Metro Exodus 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
−9.1%
12−14
+9.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Battlefield 5 10−12
−9.1%
12−14
+9.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
−12.5%
9−10
+12.5%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−16.7%
14−16
+16.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Hitman 3 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Hitman 3 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%

This is how GTX 550 Ti and ATI HD 5770 compete in popular games:

900p resolution:

  • GTX 550 Ti is 58.3% faster than ATI HD 5770

1080p resolution:

  • ATI HD 5770 is 35.1% faster than GTX 550 Ti

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

  • in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the ATI HD 5770 is 100% faster than the GTX 550 Ti.

All in all, in popular games:

  • ATI HD 5770 is ahead in 43 tests (72%)
  • there's a draw in 17 tests (28%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 3.98 4.40
Recency 15 March 2011 13 October 2009
Cost $149 $159
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 116 Watt 108 Watt

The Radeon HD 5770 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 550 Ti in performance tests.


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