GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition

Place in performance ranking	355	650
Place by popularity	not in top-100	63
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	no data	0.28
Architecture	GCN 3.0 (2014−2017)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	Amethyst	GF116
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	23 November 2014 (9 years ago)	15 March 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$149
Current price	no data	$197 (1.3x MSRP)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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	2048	192
CUDA cores	no data	192
Core clock speed	850 MHz	900 MHz
Number of transistors	5,000 million	1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	116 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	no data	100 °C
Texture fill rate	108.8	28.8 billion/sec
Floating-point performance	3,482 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	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	8.25" (21 cm)
Height	no data	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width	MXM Module	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	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	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	5448 MHz	4.1 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	174.3 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	No outputs	Two Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMI
Multi monitor support	no data	+
HDMI	no data	+
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	12 (12_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.3	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.2
OpenCL	2.0	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	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	120−130 +216%	38 −216%
Full HD	120−130 +224%	37 −224%

Pros & Cons Summary

Performance score	13.39	4.00
Recency	23 November 2014	15 March 2011
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	116 Watt