GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs RTX 2070 Mobile

Place in the ranking	149	695
Place by popularity	not in top-100	81
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.79
Power efficiency	20.64	2.38
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name	TU106B	GF116
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	29 January 2019 (5 years ago)	15 March 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$149

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	2304	192
Core clock speed	1305 MHz	900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1485 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	10,800 million	1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	116 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	no data	100 °C
Texture fill rate	213.8	28.80
Floating-point processing power	6.843 TFLOPS	0.6912 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	24
TMUs	144	32
Tensor Cores	288	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	36	no data

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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Bus support	no data	16x PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	210 mm
Height	no data	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-pin
SLI options	-	+

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	GDDR6	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	4.1 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	448.0 GB/s	98.4 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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	No outputs	Two Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMI
Multi monitor support	no data	+
HDMI	-	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
G-SYNC support	+	-
Audio input for HDMI	no data	Internal

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready

no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_1)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.5	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.2
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	7.5	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

RTX 2070 Mobile 34.65
+760%

GTX 550 Ti 4.03

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RTX 2070 Mobile 26005
+1045%

GTX 550 Ti 2272

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

RTX 2070 Mobile 64151
+527%

GTX 550 Ti 10229

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	300−350 +689%	38 −689%
Full HD	121 +218%	38 −218%
1440p	77 +863%	8−9 −863%
4K	44 +780%	5−6 −780%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	3.92
1440p	no data	18.63
4K	no data	29.80

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

50−55
+671%

7−8

−671%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	100 +809%	10−12 −809%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	81 +2600%	3−4 −2600%
Battlefield 5	142 +1478%	9−10 −1478%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	106 +1078%	9−10 −1078%
Cyberpunk 2077	50−55 +671%	7−8 −671%
Far Cry 5	125 +1463%	8−9 −1463%
Far Cry New Dawn	127 +1055%	10−12 −1055%
Forza Horizon 4	382 +1492%	24−27 −1492%
Hitman 3	100 +1011%	9−10 −1011%
Horizon Zero Dawn	234 +767%	27−30 −767%
Metro Exodus	143 +1688%	8−9 −1688%
Red Dead Redemption 2	106 +960%	10−11 −960%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	186 +1140%	14−16 −1140%
Watch Dogs: Legion	223 +419%	40−45 −419%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	112 +918%	10−12 −918%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	69 +2200%	3−4 −2200%
Battlefield 5	127 +1311%	9−10 −1311%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	94 +944%	9−10 −944%
Cyberpunk 2077	50−55 +671%	7−8 −671%
Far Cry 5	97 +1113%	8−9 −1113%
Far Cry New Dawn	93 +745%	10−12 −745%
Forza Horizon 4	287 +1096%	24−27 −1096%
Hitman 3	96 +967%	9−10 −967%
Horizon Zero Dawn	230 +752%	27−30 −752%
Metro Exodus	130 +1525%	8−9 −1525%
Red Dead Redemption 2	86 +760%	10−11 −760%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	149 +893%	14−16 −893%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	200 +1150%	16−18 −1150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	211 +391%	40−45 −391%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	58 +427%	10−12 −427%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	59 +1867%	3−4 −1867%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	69 +667%	9−10 −667%
Cyberpunk 2077	50−55 +671%	7−8 −671%
Far Cry 5	73 +813%	8−9 −813%
Forza Horizon 4	94 +292%	24−27 −292%
Hitman 3	80 +789%	9−10 −789%
Horizon Zero Dawn	114 +322%	27−30 −322%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	125 +733%	14−16 −733%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	74 +363%	16−18 −363%
Watch Dogs: Legion	56 +30.2%	40−45 −30.2%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

92
+820%

10−11

−820%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	78 +1014%	7−8 −1014%
Far Cry New Dawn	64 +967%	6−7 −967%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	48 +1100%	4−5 −1100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	47 +840%	5−6 −840%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	52 +1633%	3−4 −1633%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 +1050%	2−3 −1050%
Far Cry 5	52 +940%	5−6 −940%
Forza Horizon 4	277 +5440%	5−6 −5440%
Hitman 3	56 +600%	8−9 −600%
Horizon Zero Dawn	87 +867%	9−10 −867%
Metro Exodus	74 +825%	8−9 −825%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	70−75 +825%	8−9 −825%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 +1333%	3−4 −1333%
Watch Dogs: Legion	206 +724%	24−27 −724%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

73
+813%

8−9

−813%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	39 +1850%	2−3 −1850%
Far Cry New Dawn	36 +1100%	3−4 −1100%
Hitman 3	36	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	101 +910%	10−11 −910%
Metro Exodus	45	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50 +900%	5−6 −900%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	31 +933%	3−4 −933%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	28 +1300%	2−3 −1300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	29 +2800%	1−2 −2800%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10	0−1
Far Cry 5	26 +1200%	2−3 −1200%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 +2100%	2−3 −2100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 +950%	4−5 −950%
Watch Dogs: Legion	23 +2200%	1−2 −2200%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

37
+640%

5−6

−640%

This is how RTX 2070 Mobile and GTX 550 Ti compete in popular games:

RTX 2070 Mobile is 689% faster in 900p
RTX 2070 Mobile is 218% faster in 1080p
RTX 2070 Mobile is 863% faster in 1440p
RTX 2070 Mobile is 780% faster in 4K

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

in Forza Horizon 4, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 2070 Mobile is 5440% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, RTX 2070 Mobile surpassed GTX 550 Ti in all 63 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	34.65	4.03
Recency	29 January 2019	15 March 2011
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	12 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	116 Watt

RTX 2070 Mobile has a 759.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 233.3% more advanced lithography process, and 0.9% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 550 Ti in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 550 Ti is a desktop one.

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