Radeon RX 5700 XT vs GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Place in performance ranking	657	75
Place by popularity	72	61
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.29	100.00
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Navi / RDNA (2019−2020)
GPU code name	GF116	Navi 10
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	15 March 2011 (13 years ago)	7 July 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	$399

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 5700 XT has 34383% better value for money than GTX 550 Ti.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	192	2560
Core clock speed	900 MHz	1605 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1905 MHz
Number of transistors	1,170 million	10,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	116 Watt	225 Watt
Texture fill rate	28.80	304.8
Floating-point performance	691.2 gflops	no 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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	210 mm	272 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2050 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	98.5 GB/s	448.0 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 Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	+	+

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready	no data	+
Multi Monitor	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	+
CUDA	2.1	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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 4.02

RX 5700 XT 43.06
+971%

Radeon RX 5700 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 550 Ti by 971% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 550 Ti 1552

RX 5700 XT 16623
+971%

Radeon RX 5700 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 550 Ti by 971% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 550 Ti 10229

RX 5700 XT 83961
+721%

Radeon RX 5700 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 550 Ti by 721% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 550 Ti 2272

RX 5700 XT 35823
+1477%

Radeon RX 5700 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 550 Ti by 1477% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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:

900p	38 −953%	400−450 +953%
Full HD	32 −281%	122 +281%
1440p	6−7 −1133%	74 +1133%
4K	4−5 −1075%	47 +1075%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

7−8

−1014%

78
+1014%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −660%	76 +660%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −3567%	110 +3567%
Battlefield 5	9−10 −2111%	199 +2111%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −1211%	118 +1211%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −1014%	78 +1014%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −1463%	125 +1463%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12 −973%	118 +973%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −761%	155 +761%
Hitman 3	8−9 −950%	84 +950%
Horizon Zero Dawn	20−22 −1145%	249 +1145%
Metro Exodus	6−7 −2300%	144 +2300%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 −1050%	115 +1050%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −1700%	234 +1700%
Watch Dogs: Legion	20−22 −505%	121 +505%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −600%	70 +600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −2933%	91 +2933%
Battlefield 5	9−10 −1733%	165 +1733%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −1089%	107 +1089%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −971%	75 +971%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −1163%	101 +1163%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12 −882%	108 +882%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −1472%	283 +1472%
Hitman 3	8−9 −1013%	89 +1013%
Horizon Zero Dawn	20−22 −1370%	294 +1370%
Metro Exodus	6−7 −2350%	147 +2350%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 −1050%	115 +1050%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −1385%	193 +1385%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −1611%	154 +1611%
Watch Dogs: Legion	20−22 −1140%	248 +1140%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −520%	62 +520%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −2500%	78 +2500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −789%	80 +789%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −857%	67 +857%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −813%	73 +813%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −722%	148 +722%
Horizon Zero Dawn	20−22 −575%	135 +575%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −1215%	171 +1215%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −933%	93 +933%
Watch Dogs: Legion	20−22 −235%	67 +235%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−11

−980%

108
+980%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 −1700%	126 +1700%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 −1363%	117 +1363%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −1225%	53 +1225%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −1200%	78 +1200%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1900%	40 +1900%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −2325%	97 +2325%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −3867%	119 +3867%
Hitman 3	8−9 −638%	59 +638%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 −1056%	104 +1056%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −2067%	65−70 +2067%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −4500%	46 +4500%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9

−888%

79
+888%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −2700%	56 +2700%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −1367%	44 +1367%
Hitman 3	0−1	45
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −1040%	55−60 +1040%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −1067%	35 +1067%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −1550%	33 +1550%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −3200%	33 +3200%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	17
Far Cry 5	2−3 −1400%	30 +1400%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −3850%	79 +3850%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −1160%	63 +1160%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −1200%	13 +1200%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

−700%

40
+700%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	59 +0%	59 +0%
Metro Exodus	104 +0%	104 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	119 +0%	119 +0%

4K
High Preset

Shadow of the Tomb Raider	39 +0%	39 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	54 +0%	54 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Metro Exodus

+0%

This is how GTX 550 Ti and RX 5700 XT compete in popular games:

RX 5700 XT is 953% faster in 900p
RX 5700 XT is 281% faster in 1080p
RX 5700 XT is 1133% faster in 1440p
RX 5700 XT is 1075% faster in 4K

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

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 5700 XT is 4500% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RX 5700 XT is ahead in 64 tests (91%)
there's a draw in 6 tests (9%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.02	43.06
Recency	15 March 2011	7 July 2019
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	116 Watt	225 Watt

GTX 550 Ti has 94% lower power consumption.

RX 5700 XT, on the other hand, has a 971.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 5700 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 550 Ti in performance tests.

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