Radeon RX 550 vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 and Radeon RX 550, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 560 Ti 448
2011
1280 MB GDDR5, 210 Watt
8.23
+16.2%

GTX 560 Ti 448 outperforms RX 550 by a moderate 16% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking510550
Place by popularitynot in top-10021
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.702.92
Power efficiency2.699.70
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGF110Lexa
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date29 November 2011 (13 years ago)20 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$289 $79

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 550 has 72% better value for money than GTX 560 Ti 448.

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 cores448512
Core clock speed732 MHz1100 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1183 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)210 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate40.9937.86
Floating-point processing power1.312 TFLOPS1.211 TFLOPS
ROPs4016
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
Length267 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 amount1280 MB4 GB
Memory bus width320 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed950 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth152.0 GB/s112.0 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI++

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA2.0-

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 8.23 7.08
Recency 29 November 2011 20 April 2017
Maximum RAM amount 1280 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 210 Watt 50 Watt

GTX 560 Ti 448 has a 16.2% higher aggregate performance score.

RX 550, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 220% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 320% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 550 in performance tests.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448
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