Radeon HD 5550 vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Place in performance ranking	490	1078
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.82	0.01
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	GF114	Redwood
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	25 January 2011 (13 years ago)	9 February 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$249	no data
Current price	$130 (0.5x MSRP)	$129

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 560 Ti has 18100% better value for money than ATI HD 5550.

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	384	320
Core clock speed	822 MHz	550 MHz
Number of transistors	1,950 million	627 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	170 Watt	39 Watt
Texture fill rate	52.67	8.800
Floating-point performance	1,263.4 gflops	352.0 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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	229 mm	165 mm
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None

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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2004 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory bandwidth	128.3 GB/s	51.2 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	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI	+	+

API compatibility

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	4.6	4.4
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	2.1	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 560 Ti 7.88
+712%

ATI HD 5550 0.97

GeForce GTX 560 Ti outperforms Radeon HD 5550 by 712% 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 560 Ti 3042
+709%

ATI HD 5550 376

GeForce GTX 560 Ti outperforms Radeon HD 5550 by 709% 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	63 +800%	7−8 −800%
Full HD	59 +743%	7−8 −743%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

95−100
+692%

12−14

−692%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	120−130 +650%	16−18 −650%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	80−85 +700%	10−11 −700%
Battlefield 5	180−190 +683%	21−24 −683%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	120−130 +650%	16−18 −650%
Cyberpunk 2077	95−100 +692%	12−14 −692%
Far Cry 5	140−150 +678%	18−20 −678%
Far Cry New Dawn	170−180 +673%	21−24 −673%
Forza Horizon 4	300−310 +689%	35−40 −689%
Hitman 3	120−130 +700%	14−16 −700%
Horizon Zero Dawn	280−290 +700%	35−40 −700%
Metro Exodus	170−180 +673%	21−24 −673%
Red Dead Redemption 2	170−180 +673%	21−24 −673%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	200−210 +700%	24−27 −700%
Watch Dogs: Legion	240−250 +700%	30−33 −700%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	120−130 +650%	16−18 −650%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	80−85 +700%	10−11 −700%
Battlefield 5	180−190 +683%	21−24 −683%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	120−130 +650%	16−18 −650%
Cyberpunk 2077	95−100 +692%	12−14 −692%
Far Cry 5	140−150 +678%	18−20 −678%
Far Cry New Dawn	170−180 +673%	21−24 −673%
Forza Horizon 4	300−310 +689%	35−40 −689%
Hitman 3	120−130 +700%	14−16 −700%
Horizon Zero Dawn	280−290 +700%	35−40 −700%
Metro Exodus	170−180 +673%	21−24 −673%
Red Dead Redemption 2	170−180 +673%	21−24 −673%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	200−210 +700%	24−27 −700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	120−130 +650%	16−18 −650%
Watch Dogs: Legion	240−250 +700%	30−33 −700%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	120−130 +650%	16−18 −650%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	80−85 +700%	10−11 −700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	120−130 +650%	16−18 −650%
Cyberpunk 2077	95−100 +692%	12−14 −692%
Far Cry 5	140−150 +678%	18−20 −678%
Forza Horizon 4	300−310 +689%	35−40 −689%
Horizon Zero Dawn	280−290 +700%	35−40 −700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	200−210 +700%	24−27 −700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	120−130 +650%	16−18 −650%
Watch Dogs: Legion	240−250 +700%	30−33 −700%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

170−180

+673%

21−24
−673%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	120−130 +700%	14−16 −700%
Far Cry New Dawn	95−100 +692%	12−14 −692%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	55−60 +686%	7−8 −686%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 +700%	3−4 −700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85 +700%	10−11 −700%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−33 +650%	4−5 −650%
Far Cry 5	95−100 +692%	12−14 −692%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +686%	14−16 −686%
Hitman 3	85−90 +673%	10−12 −673%
Horizon Zero Dawn	130−140 +665%	16−18 −665%
Metro Exodus	80−85 +700%	10−11 −700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60 +686%	7−8 −686%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55−60 +686%	7−8 −686%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 +650%	4−5 −650%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

100−105

+669%

12−14
−669%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	55−60 +686%	7−8 −686%
Far Cry New Dawn	40−45 +700%	5−6 −700%
Hitman 3	30−33 +650%	4−5 −650%
Horizon Zero Dawn	60−65 +650%	8−9 −650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27 +700%	3−4 −700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 +700%	5−6 −700%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 +700%	5−6 −700%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 +700%	3−4 −700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 +700%	3−4 −700%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Far Cry 5	30−33 +650%	4−5 −650%
Forza Horizon 4	70−75 +678%	9−10 −678%
Horizon Zero Dawn	60−65 +650%	8−9 −650%
Metro Exodus	60−65 +650%	8−9 −650%
Watch Dogs: Legion	24−27 +700%	3−4 −700%