GeForce GT 650M SLI vs GTX 550 Ti

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 550 Ti with GeForce GT 650M SLI, including specs and performance data.

GTX 550 Ti
2011
2 GB GDDR5, 116 Watt
4.03

GT 650M SLI outperforms GTX 550 Ti by a significant 26% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking688620
Place by popularity77not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.70no data
Power efficiency2.51no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameGF116N13E-GE
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date15 March 2011 (13 years ago)22 March 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$149 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores192768
Core clock speed900 MHz790 MHz
Boost clock speedno data835 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)116 Wattno data
Maximum GPU temperature100 °Cno data
Texture fill rate28.80no data
Floating-point processing power0.6912 TFLOPSno data
ROPs24no data
TMUs32no data

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).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
Bus support16x PCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length210 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data
SLI options+-

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 amount2 GB2x2 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit2x 128 Bit
Memory clock speed4.1 GB/s4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth98.4 GB/sno data
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMIno data
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.2no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA++

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 550 Ti 4.03
GT 650M SLI 5.08
+26.1%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 550 Ti 10229
GT 650M SLI 12812
+25.2%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GTX 550 Ti 2272
GT 650M SLI 3597
+58.3%

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:

900p38
−108%
79
+108%
Full HD33
−42.4%
47
+42.4%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
−27.3%
14−16
+27.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Battlefield 5 9−10
−44.4%
12−14
+44.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
−22.2%
10−12
+22.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−37.5%
10−12
+37.5%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−12
−27.3%
14−16
+27.3%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
−33.3%
30−35
+33.3%
Hitman 3 9−10
−22.2%
10−12
+22.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
−22.2%
30−35
+22.2%
Metro Exodus 8−9
−50%
12−14
+50%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
−40%
14−16
+40%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
−20%
18−20
+20%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−9.3%
45−50
+9.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
−27.3%
14−16
+27.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Battlefield 5 9−10
−44.4%
12−14
+44.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
−22.2%
10−12
+22.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−37.5%
10−12
+37.5%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−12
−27.3%
14−16
+27.3%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
−33.3%
30−35
+33.3%
Hitman 3 9−10
−22.2%
10−12
+22.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
−22.2%
30−35
+22.2%
Metro Exodus 8−9
−50%
12−14
+50%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
−40%
14−16
+40%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
−20%
18−20
+20%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
−12.5%
18−20
+12.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−9.3%
45−50
+9.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
−27.3%
14−16
+27.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
−22.2%
10−12
+22.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−37.5%
10−12
+37.5%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
−33.3%
30−35
+33.3%
Hitman 3 9−10
−22.2%
10−12
+22.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
−22.2%
30−35
+22.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
−20%
18−20
+20%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
−12.5%
18−20
+12.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−9.3%
45−50
+9.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
−40%
14−16
+40%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−140%
12−14
+140%
Hitman 3 8−9
−12.5%
9−10
+12.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
−22.2%
10−12
+22.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 24−27
−28%
30−35
+28%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−12.5%
9−10
+12.5%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Hitman 3 0−1 1−2
Metro Exodus 0−1 2−3

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Metro Exodus 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

4K
High Preset

Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

This is how GTX 550 Ti and GT 650M SLI compete in popular games:

  • GT 650M SLI is 108% faster in 900p
  • GT 650M SLI is 42% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GT 650M SLI is 140% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GT 650M SLI is ahead in 57 tests (86%)
  • there's a draw in 9 tests (14%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.03 5.08
Recency 15 March 2011 22 March 2012
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm

GT 650M SLI has a 26.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GT 650M SLI is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 550 Ti in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 550 Ti is a desktop card while GeForce GT 650M SLI is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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