NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs AMD Radeon HD 6770

#ad
Buy
VS
#ad
Buy

Combined performance score

HD 6770
3.22

GeForce GTX 550 Ti outperforms Radeon HD 6770 by 24% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking702649
Place by popularitynot in top-10063
Value for money0.230.28
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameJuniperGF116
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date21 January 2011 (13 years old)15 March 2011 (13 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$129 $149
Current price$150 (1.2x MSRP)$197 (1.3x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 550 Ti has 22% better value for money than HD 6770.

Technical specs

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 cores800192
CUDA coresno data192
Core clock speedno data900 MHz
Boost clock speed900 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,040 million1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)108 Watt116 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data100 °C
Texture fill rate34.0028.8 billion/sec
Floating-point performance1,360.0 gflops691.2 gflops

Size and 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).

Bus supportPCIe 2.0 x1616x PCI-E 2.0
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length198 mm8.25" (21 cm)
Heightno data4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinOne 6-pin
SLI optionsno data+

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1050 MHz4.1 GB/s
Memory bandwidth76.8 GB/s98.4 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPortTwo Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMI
Multi monitor supportno data+
Eyefinity1no data
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
DisplayPort support-no data
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

Technologies

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

AppAcceleration-no data
CrossFire1no data
Enduro-no data
HD3D-no data
PowerTune-no data
TrueAudio-no data
ZeroCore-no data

API support

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

DirectXDirectX® 1112 (11_0)
Shader Model5.05.1
OpenGL4.44.2
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkanno dataN/A
Mantle-no data
CUDAno 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.

HD 6770 3.22
GTX 550 Ti 3.98
+23.6%

GeForce GTX 550 Ti outperforms Radeon HD 6770 by 24% in our combined 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%

HD 6770 1247
GTX 550 Ti 1544
+23.8%

GeForce GTX 550 Ti outperforms Radeon HD 6770 by 24% 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:

900p30−35
−26.7%
38
+26.7%
Full HD27−30
−37%
37
+37%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 3.22 3.98
Recency 21 January 2011 15 March 2011
Cost $129 $149
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 108 Watt 116 Watt

The GeForce GTX 550 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6770 in performance tests.


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

User ratings

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


AMD Radeon HD 6770
Radeon HD 6770
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Similar GPU comparisons

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

User ratings: view and submit

Here you can see the user rating of the graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


3.7 306 votes

Rate AMD Radeon HD 6770 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
4.9 59024 votes

Rate NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions and comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.