Key Differences
In short — Radeon HD 8970M outperforms GeForce GTX 550 Ti on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon HD 8970M is 791 days newer than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 8970M
- Performs up to 20% better in Horizon Zero Dawn than GeForce GTX 550 Ti - 54 vs 45 FPS
- Consumes up to 14% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti - 100 vs 116 Watts
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti - 4 vs 1 GB
Horizon Zero Dawn
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultimate
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultimate
Radeon HD 8970M
Mobile • May 14th, 2013
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Desktop • Mar 15th, 2011
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Desktop • Mar 15th, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
7.2 GPixel/s
25%
Texel Fillrate
28.8 GTexel/s
40%
AMD Radeon HD 8970M | vs | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti |
|---|---|---|
May 14th, 2013 | Release Date | Mar 15th, 2011 |
| Solar System | Generation | GeForce 500 |
| Not Available | MSRP | $149 |
| None | Outputs | 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI |
| None | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin |
Mobile | Segment | Desktop |
4 GB | Memory | 1 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 256-bit | Bus | 192-bit |
153.6 GB/s | Bandwidth | 98.5 GB/s |
| 850 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 900 MHz |
| 900 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | Not Available |
1200 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1026 MHz |
