Radeon 550 vs GeForce GTX 460 v2

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 460 v2 and Radeon 550, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 460 v2
2011
1 GB GDDR5, 160 Watt
4.86

550 outperforms GTX 460 v2 by a moderate 12% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking638609
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.864.37
Power efficiency2.087.49
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGF114Lexa
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date24 September 2011 (13 years ago)20 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 $79

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Radeon 550 has 408% better value for money than GTX 460 v2.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores336512
Core clock speed779 MHz1100 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1183 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)160 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate43.6237.86
Floating-point processing power1.046 TFLOPS1.211 TFLOPS
ROPs2416
TMUs5632

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length210 mm145 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB2 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1002 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth96.19 GB/s56 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0b, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI++

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.12.1
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA2.1-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 460 v2 4.86
Radeon 550 5.46
+12.3%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 460 v2 1871
Radeon 550 2103
+12.4%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GTX 460 v2 7872
Radeon 550 10391
+32%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.86 5.46
Recency 24 September 2011 20 April 2017
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt 50 Watt

Radeon 550 has a 12.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 220% lower power consumption.

The Radeon 550 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 460 v2 in performance tests.


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