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MSRP in USD: $549
Key Differences
In short — Radeon HD 7970 outperforms the cheaper GeForce GTX 550 Ti on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing GeForce GTX 550 Ti is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Radeon HD 7970 is 282 days newer than the cheaper GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
- Up to 38% cheaper than Radeon HD 7970 - $109.0 vs $175.0
- Up to 14% better value when playing A Plague Tale: Requiem than Radeon HD 7970 - $5.19 vs $6.03 per FPS
- Consumes up to 54% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 116 vs 250 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Performs up to 38% better in A Plague Tale: Requiem than GeForce GTX 550 Ti - 29 vs 21 FPS
- Up to 200% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti - 3 vs 1 GB
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Desktop • Mar 15th, 2011
FPS
21
72%
Value, $/FPS
$5.19/FPS
100%
Price, $
$109
100%
Value Winner
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Desktop • Mar 15th, 2011
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Desktop • Mar 15th, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
7.2 GPixel/s
24%
Texel Fillrate
28.8 GTexel/s
24%
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti | vs | AMD Radeon HD 7970 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 15th, 2011 | Release Date | Dec 22nd, 2011 |
| GeForce 500 | Generation | Southern Islands |
$149 | MSRP | $549 |
| 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| 1x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 1 GB | Memory | 3 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 192-bit | Bus | 384-bit |
| 98.5 GB/s | Bandwidth | 264 GB/s |
| 900 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 925 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | Not Available |
| 1026 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1375 MHz |
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