GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs Radeon HD 6930
Aggregated performance score
Radeon HD 6930 outperforms GeForce GTX 550 Ti by 82% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
Primary Details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
Place in performance ranking | 503 | 650 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 63 |
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation | no data | 0.28 |
Architecture | TeraScale 3 (2010−2013) | Fermi (2010−2014) |
GPU code name | Cayman | GF116 |
Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
Release date | 1 December 2011 (12 years ago) | 15 March 2011 (13 years ago) |
Launch price (MSRP) | $180 | $149 |
Current price | $11.99 (0.1x MSRP) | $197 (1.3x MSRP) |
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | 1280 | 192 |
CUDA cores | no data | 192 |
Core clock speed | 750 MHz | 900 MHz |
Number of transistors | 2,640 million | 1,170 million |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 186 Watt | 116 Watt |
Maximum GPU temperature | no data | 100 °C |
Texture fill rate | 60.00 | 28.8 billion/sec |
Floating-point performance | 1,920.0 gflops | 691.2 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).
Bus support | no data | 16x PCI-E 2.0 |
Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Length | 220 mm | 8.25" (21 cm) |
Height | no data | 4.376" (11.1 cm) |
Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | One 6-pin |
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 | GDDR5 |
Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 2 GB |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 192 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 4800 MHz | 4.1 GB/s |
Memory bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | 98.4 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, 2x mini-DisplayPort | Two Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMI |
Multi monitor support | no data | + |
HDMI | + | + |
Maximum VGA resolution | no data | 2048x1536 |
Audio input for HDMI | no data | Internal |
API Compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 (11_0) |
Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.1 |
OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.2 |
OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
CUDA | no data | + |
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 | 65−70
+71.1%
| 38
−71.1%
|
Full HD | 65−70
+75.7%
| 37
−75.7%
|
Pros & Cons Summary
Performance score | 7.26 | 4.00 |
Recency | 1 December 2011 | 15 March 2011 |
Cost | $180 | $149 |
Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 2 GB |
Power consumption (TDP) | 186 Watt | 116 Watt |
The Radeon HD 6930 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 550 Ti in performance tests.
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