ATI Radeon HD 5550 vs GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2 and Radeon HD 5550, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
GTX 570 Rev. 2 outperforms ATI HD 5550 by a whopping 623% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 549 | 1116 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.04 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 2.22 | 1.72 |
| Architecture | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | GF110 | Redwood |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 7 December 2010 (14 years ago) | 9 February 2010 (14 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $349 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 480 | 320 |
| Core clock speed | 732 MHz | 550 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,000 million | 627 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 219 Watt | 39 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 43.92 | 8.800 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.405 TFLOPS | 0.352 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 40 | 8 |
| TMUs | 60 | 16 |
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 | 267 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 | 1280 MB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 320 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 950 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 152.0 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 HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA |
| HDMI | + | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D 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 | 2.0 | - |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 7.09 | 0.98 |
| Recency | 7 December 2010 | 9 February 2010 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1280 MB | 2 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 219 Watt | 39 Watt |
GTX 570 Rev. 2 has a 623.5% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 9 months.
ATI HD 5550, on the other hand, has a 60% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 461.5% lower power consumption.
The GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 5550 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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