GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs Radeon HD 4870

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 550 Ti and Radeon HD 4870, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 550 Ti stacks up against Radeon HD 4870, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 550 Ti Radeon HD 4870
Power consumption (TDP) 116 Watt 150 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors One 6-pin 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • Radeon HD 4870 has 29% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti and Radeon HD 4870 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 4870 - with TeraScale.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 550 Ti is 150 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4870.
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 4870 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 4870 is 242 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 4870 is 3596 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 7−8 3−4
ultra / 1080p 4−5 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 18−20 14−16
medium / 1080p 9−10 6−7
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 550 Ti in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 66% more, than Radeon HD 4870.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 550 Ti Radeon HD 4870
Architecture Fermi TeraScale
Code name GF116 RV770
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 15 March 2011 25 June 2008
Pipelines 192 800
Core clock speed 900 MHz 750 MHz
Transistor count 1,170 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 28.8 billion/sec 30.00
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops 1,200.0 gflops
Length 8.25" (21 cm) 250 mm
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4.1 GB/s 3600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 98.4 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 5.1 4.1
OpenGL 4.2 3.3
OpenCL 1.1 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 192
Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
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