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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $149
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Key Differences
In short — GeForce GTX 970 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 GeForce GTX 970 is 1284 days newer than the cheaper GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
- Up to 77% cheaper than GeForce GTX 970 - $109.0 vs $469.0
- Up to 73% better value when playing Minecraft than GeForce GTX 970 - $0.22 vs $0.83 per FPS
- Consumes up to 22% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 116 vs 148 Watts
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
- Performs up to 14% better in Minecraft than GeForce GTX 550 Ti - 568 vs 498 FPS
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti - 4 vs 1 GB
Minecraft
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Desktop • Mar 15th, 2011
FPS
498
87%
Value, $/FPS
$0.22/FPS
100%
Price, $
$109
100%
Value Winner
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Desktop • Mar 15th, 2011
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Desktop • Mar 15th, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
7.2 GPixel/s
10%
Texel Fillrate
28.8 GTexel/s
23%
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
65.97 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
122.5 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti | vs | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 15th, 2011 | Release Date | Sep 19th, 2014 |
| GeForce 500 | Generation | GeForce 900 |
$149 | MSRP | $329 |
| 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| 1x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 1 GB | Memory | 4 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 192-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
| 98.5 GB/s | Bandwidth | 224.4 GB/s |
| 900 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1050 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 1178 MHz |
| 1026 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1753 MHz |
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