GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile vs GTX 550 Ti

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 550 Ti with GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

GTX 550 Ti
2011
2 GB GDDR5, 116 Watt
4.03

RTX 4090 Mobile outperforms GTX 550 Ti by a whopping 1682% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking68818
Place by popularity77not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.70no data
Power efficiency2.5143.17
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGF116AD103
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date15 March 2011 (13 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year 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 cores1929728
Core clock speed900 MHz1335 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1695 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)116 Watt120 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature100 °Cno data
Texture fill rate28.80515.3
Floating-point processing power0.6912 TFLOPS32.98 TFLOPS
ROPs24112
TMUs32304
Tensor Coresno data304
Ray Tracing Coresno data76

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 datalarge
Bus support16x PCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB16 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed4.1 GB/s2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth98.4 GB/s576.0 GB/s
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 HDMIPortable Device Dependent
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.24.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+8.9

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
RTX 4090 Mobile 71.80
+1682%

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 550 Ti 1554
RTX 4090 Mobile 27706
+1683%

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
RTX 4090 Mobile 113387
+1008%

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
RTX 4090 Mobile 64952
+2759%

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
−1611%
650−700
+1611%
Full HD33
−439%
178
+439%
1440p7−8
−1843%
136
+1843%
4K4−5
−1975%
83
+1975%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−2129%
156
+2129%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
−936%
110−120
+936%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−3067%
95−100
+3067%
Battlefield 5 9−10
−1833%
170−180
+1833%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
−1067%
100−110
+1067%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−1929%
142
+1929%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−1225%
100−110
+1225%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−12
−1100%
130−140
+1100%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
−817%
220−230
+817%
Hitman 3 9−10
−1767%
168
+1767%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
−678%
210−220
+678%
Metro Exodus 8−9
−1788%
150−160
+1788%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
−1010%
110−120
+1010%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
−1340%
210−220
+1340%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−237%
140−150
+237%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
−936%
110−120
+936%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−6133%
187
+6133%
Battlefield 5 9−10
−1833%
170−180
+1833%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
−1067%
100−110
+1067%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−1843%
136
+1843%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−1225%
100−110
+1225%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−12
−1100%
130−140
+1100%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
−817%
220−230
+817%
Hitman 3 9−10
−1756%
167
+1756%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
−678%
210−220
+678%
Metro Exodus 8−9
−1788%
150−160
+1788%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
−1010%
110−120
+1010%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
−2480%
387
+2480%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
−606%
110−120
+606%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−237%
140−150
+237%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
−936%
110−120
+936%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−5267%
161
+5267%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
−1067%
100−110
+1067%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−1686%
125
+1686%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−1225%
100−110
+1225%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
−817%
220−230
+817%
Hitman 3 9−10
−1589%
152
+1589%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
−1030%
305
+1030%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
−2367%
370
+2367%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
−1175%
204
+1175%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−179%
120
+179%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
−1010%
110−120
+1010%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 7−8
−1529%
110−120
+1529%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−1317%
85−90
+1317%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−1450%
60−65
+1450%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−2067%
65−70
+2067%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−4650%
95
+4650%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−1180%
60−65
+1180%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−5240%
260−270
+5240%
Hitman 3 8−9
−1625%
138
+1625%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
−2711%
253
+2711%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−5367%
164
+5367%
Watch Dogs: Legion 24−27
−800%
220−230
+800%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−1075%
90−95
+1075%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
−2900%
60−65
+2900%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−1567%
50−55
+1567%
Hitman 3 0−1 45−50
Metro Exodus 0−1 75−80

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−1267%
40−45
+1267%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−3800%
78
+3800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−3700%
35−40
+3700%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 48
Far Cry 5 2−3
−1650%
35−40
+1650%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−4000%
80−85
+4000%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−6800%
69
+6800%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−960%
50−55
+960%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 128
+0%
128
+0%
Metro Exodus 128
+0%
128
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 294
+0%
294
+0%

4K
High Preset

Horizon Zero Dawn 65
+0%
65
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 150
+0%
150
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Shadow of the Tomb Raider 156
+0%
156
+0%

This is how GTX 550 Ti and RTX 4090 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4090 Mobile is 1611% faster in 900p
  • RTX 4090 Mobile is 439% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4090 Mobile is 1843% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4090 Mobile is 1975% faster in 4K

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

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 4090 Mobile is 6800% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 4090 Mobile is ahead in 63 tests (91%)
  • there's a draw in 6 tests (9%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.03 71.80
Recency 15 March 2011 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 116 Watt 120 Watt

GTX 550 Ti has 3.4% lower power consumption.

RTX 4090 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 1681.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 900% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile 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 RTX 4090 Mobile 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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