Radeon RX 6500 vs GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Place in performance ranking	654	265
Place by popularity	72	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.29	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	no data
GPU code name	GF116	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	15 March 2011 (13 years ago)	no data
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	no data
Current price	$197 (1.3x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 550 Ti and Radeon RX 6500 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.

Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	no data
Length	8.25" (21 cm)	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	One 6-pin	no data
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	no data
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	no data
Memory bus width	192 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	4.1 GB/s	no data
Memory bandwidth	98.4 GB/s	no 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 Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMI	no data
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)	no data
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.2	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	N/A	no data
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

RX 6500 19.73
+391%

Radeon RX 6500 outperforms GeForce GTX 550 Ti by 391% 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

RX 6500 7620
+391%

Radeon RX 6500 outperforms GeForce GTX 550 Ti by 391% 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:

900p	38 −374%	180−190 +374%
Full HD	32 −369%	150−160 +369%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

7−8

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3	no data
Battlefield 5	9−10	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8	no data
Far Cry 5	8−9	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12	no data
Forza Horizon 4	18−20	no data
Hitman 3	8−9	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24	no data
Metro Exodus	5−6 −380%	24−27 +380%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3	no data
Battlefield 5	9−10	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8	no data
Far Cry 5	8−9	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12	no data
Forza Horizon 4	18−20	no data
Hitman 3	8−9	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24	no data
Metro Exodus	5−6	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −344%	40−45 +344%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8	no data
Far Cry 5	8−9	no data
Forza Horizon 4	18−20	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −355%	100−105 +355%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −367%	70−75 +367%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−11

−350%

45−50
+350%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 −329%	30−33 +329%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −380%	24−27 +380%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −350%	27−30 +350%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3	no data
Far Cry 5	6−7	no data
Forza Horizon 4	6−7	no data
Hitman 3	9−10 −344%	40−45 +344%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 −344%	40−45 +344%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −367%	14−16 +367%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9
−338%

35−40

+338%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −350%	9−10 +350%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −367%	14−16 +367%
Hitman 3	0−1	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1−2	no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	no data
Far Cry 5	2−3	no data
Forza Horizon 4	2−3	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −350%	18−20 +350%
Metro Exodus	6−7 −350%	27−30 +350%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	no data

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6
−380%

24−27

+380%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	65−70 −362%	300−310 +362%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 −391%	260−270 +391%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 −380%	120−130 +380%
Hitman 3	21−24 −378%	110−120 +378%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 −375%	190−200 +375%
Metro Exodus	35−40 −386%	180−190 +386%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 −385%	160−170 +385%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 −375%	190−200 +375%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 −372%	85−90 +372%
Battlefield 5	35−40 −374%	180−190 +374%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 −387%	190−200 +387%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 −355%	50−55 +355%
Metro Exodus	18−20 −374%	90−95 +374%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 −371%	80−85 +371%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	20−22 −375%	95−100 +375%