Radeon Pro 5300M vs GeForce GTX 550 Ti

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 550 Ti with Radeon Pro 5300M, including specs and performance data.

GTX 550 Ti
2011
2 GB GDDR5, 116 Watt
4.02

Pro 5300M outperforms GTX 550 Ti by a whopping 284% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking655324
Place by popularity72not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.293.76
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Navi / RDNA (2019−2020)
GPU code nameGF116Navi 14
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date15 March 2011 (13 years ago)13 November 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$149 no data
Current price$197 (1.3x MSRP)$2068

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Pro 5300M has 1197% 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 cores1921280
CUDA cores192no data
Core clock speed900 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1250 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)116 Watt65 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature100 °Cno data
Texture fill rate28.8 billion/sec100.0
Floating-point performance691.2 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 550 Ti and Radeon Pro 5300M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
Bus support16x PCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length8.25" (21 cm)no data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsOne 6-pinNone
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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed4.1 GB/s12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth98.4 GB/s192.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMINo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+no data
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.24.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131
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 4.02
Pro 5300M 15.45
+284%

Radeon Pro 5300M outperforms GeForce GTX 550 Ti by 284% 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 1552
Pro 5300M 5966
+284%

Radeon Pro 5300M outperforms GeForce GTX 550 Ti by 284% in Passmark.

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
−268%
140−150
+268%
Full HD32
−275%
120−130
+275%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−243%
24−27
+243%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
−200%
30−33
+200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−733%
24−27
+733%
Battlefield 5 9−10
−456%
50−55
+456%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
−244%
30−35
+244%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−243%
24−27
+243%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−350%
35−40
+350%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−12
−282%
40−45
+282%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−306%
70−75
+306%
Hitman 3 8−9
−275%
30−33
+275%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20−22
−220%
60−65
+220%
Metro Exodus 6−7
−750%
50−55
+750%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
−330%
40−45
+330%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−269%
45−50
+269%
Watch Dogs: Legion 20−22
−145%
45−50
+145%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
−200%
30−33
+200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−733%
24−27
+733%
Battlefield 5 9−10
−456%
50−55
+456%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
−244%
30−35
+244%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−243%
24−27
+243%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−350%
35−40
+350%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−12
−282%
40−45
+282%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−306%
70−75
+306%
Hitman 3 8−9
−275%
30−33
+275%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20−22
−220%
60−65
+220%
Metro Exodus 6−7
−750%
50−55
+750%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
−330%
40−45
+330%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−269%
45−50
+269%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−256%
30−35
+256%
Watch Dogs: Legion 20−22
−145%
45−50
+145%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
−200%
30−33
+200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−733%
24−27
+733%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
−244%
30−35
+244%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−243%
24−27
+243%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−350%
35−40
+350%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−306%
70−75
+306%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20−22
−220%
60−65
+220%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−269%
45−50
+269%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−256%
30−35
+256%
Watch Dogs: Legion 20−22
−145%
45−50
+145%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
−330%
40−45
+330%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 7−8
−329%
30−33
+329%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
−238%
27−30
+238%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−300%
16−18
+300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
−217%
18−20
+217%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−300%
8−9
+300%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−525%
24−27
+525%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−933%
30−35
+933%
Hitman 3 8−9
−125%
18−20
+125%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
−244%
30−35
+244%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−467%
16−18
+467%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−800%
9−10
+800%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−213%
24−27
+213%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
−650%
14−16
+650%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−267%
10−12
+267%
Hitman 3 0−1 10−12
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
−180%
14−16
+180%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−200%
9−10
+200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−700%
8−9
+700%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 3−4
Far Cry 5 2−3
−300%
8−9
+300%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−950%
21−24
+950%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
−180%
14−16
+180%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−500%
6−7
+500%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−180%
14−16
+180%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Metro Exodus 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%

4K
High Preset

Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Metro Exodus 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%

This is how GTX 550 Ti and Pro 5300M compete in popular games:

  • Pro 5300M is 268% faster in 900p
  • Pro 5300M is 275% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Pro 5300M is 950% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Pro 5300M is ahead in 64 tests (91%)
  • there's a draw in 6 tests (9%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.02 15.45
Recency 15 March 2011 13 November 2019
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 116 Watt 65 Watt

Pro 5300M has a 284.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 471.4% more advanced lithography process, and 78.5% lower power consumption.

The Radeon Pro 5300M 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 Radeon Pro 5300M is a mobile workstation one.


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

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