ATI Radeon HD 5950 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	605	not rated
Place by popularity	47	no data
Value for money	0.33	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	GF116	Hemlock
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	15 March 2011 (12 years old)	no data
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	no data
Current price	$206 (1.4x MSRP)	$37

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	1440
CUDA cores	192	no data
Core clock speed	900 MHz	725 MHz
Number of transistors	1,170 million	2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	116 Watt	302 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	100 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	28.8 billion/sec	52.20
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 2.0 x16
Length	8.25" (21 cm)	280 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 VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4.1 GB/s	4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	98.4 GB/s	128.0 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 Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMI	2x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.3a, 1x DisplayPort 1.1
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.0
OpenGL	4.2	4.4
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	no data

Mining hashrates

Cryptocurrency mining performance of GeForce GTX 550 Ti and Radeon HD 5950. Usually measured in megahashes per second.

Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)

44 Mh/s

no data

Advantages and disadvantages

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Memory bus width	192	256
Pipelines / CUDA cores	192	1440
Memory bandwidth	98.4	128
Power consumption (TDP)	116 Watt	302 Watt

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