GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs Radeon HD 7850
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 550 Ti and Radeon HD 7850, 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 7850, check out specs charts below.
Main Specs
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Radeon HD 7850
Power consumption (TDP)
116 Watt
225 Watt
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
One 6-pin
1x 6-pin
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
2 GB
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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Radeon HD 7850 has 93% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
GeForce GTX 550 Ti is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7850 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
Radeon HD 7850 has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
Both cards are used in Desktops.
GeForce GTX 550 Ti is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 7850 - with GCN 1.0.
GeForce GTX 550 Ti is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7850 - by 28 nm process technology.
Radeon HD 7850 is 202 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7850 is 1196 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
Game benchmarks
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Battlefield 5
Call of Duty: Warzone
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Cyberpunk 2077
Dota 2
Far Cry 5
Fortnite
Forza Horizon 4
Grand Theft Auto V
Metro Exodus
Minecraft
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
Red Dead Redemption 2
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
World of Tanks
high / 1080p
7−8
18−20
ultra / 1080p
4−5
10−12
QHD / 1440p
0−1
5−6
4K / 2160p
−
4−5
low / 720p
18−20
35−40
medium / 1080p
9−10
24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 130% more, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
high / 1080p
12−14
30−33
ultra / 1080p
10−12
24−27
QHD / 1440p
0−1
10−11
4K / 2160p
−
7−8
low / 720p
24−27
60−65
medium / 1080p
12−14
30−35
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in Battlefield 5 is 153% more, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
low / 768p
45−50
50−55
high / 1080p
45−50
−
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in Call of Duty: Warzone is 10% more, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
low / 768p
140−150
220−230
medium / 768p
110−120
190−200
ultra / 1080p
55−60
110−120
QHD / 1440p
30−35
80−85
4K / 2160p
27−30
40−45
high / 768p
85−90
160−170
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 77% more, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
low / 768p
55−60
60−65
ultra / 1080p
21−24
45−50
medium / 1080p
45−50
55−60
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in Cyberpunk 2077 is 30% more, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
low / 768p
80−85
110−120
medium / 768p
60−65
100−110
ultra / 1080p
35−40
75−80
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in Dota 2 is 65% more, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
high / 1080p
9−10
21−24
ultra / 1080p
8−9
21−24
QHD / 1440p
−
18−20
4K / 2160p
4−5
7−8
low / 720p
20−22
50−55
medium / 1080p
9−10
24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in Far Cry 5 is 160% more, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
high / 1080p
16−18
30−35
ultra / 1080p
10−12
21−24
QHD / 1440p
−
14−16
low / 720p
60−65
110−120
medium / 1080p
24−27
65−70
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in Fortnite is 103% more, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
high / 1080p
12−14
30−35
ultra / 1080p
10−12
24−27
QHD / 1440p
1−2
12−14
4K / 2160p
−
12−14
low / 720p
27−30
65−70
medium / 1080p
14−16
35−40
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in Forza Horizon 4 is 169% more, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
low / 768p
55−60
100−105
medium / 768p
45−50
90−95
high / 1080p
12−14
35−40
ultra / 1080p
7−8
14−16
QHD / 1440p
0−1
6−7
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in Grand Theft Auto V is 96% more, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
high / 1080p
5−6
12−14
ultra / 1080p
3−4
9−10
4K / 2160p
0−1
2−3
low / 720p
12−14
35−40
medium / 1080p
7−8
16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in Metro Exodus is 171% more, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
low / 768p
95−100
110−120
high / 1080p
90−95
−
ultra / 1080p
80−85
−
medium / 1080p
90−95
110−120
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in Minecraft is 21% more, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
high / 1080p
16−18
−
ultra / 1080p
14−16
14−16
low / 720p
30−35
65−70
medium / 1080p
18−20
18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 50% more, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
high / 1080p
−
14−16
ultra / 1080p
8−9
10−11
QHD / 1440p
0−1
1−2
4K / 2160p
−
0−1
low / 720p
12−14
35−40
medium / 1080p
10−12
20−22
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 130% more, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
low / 768p
27−30
70−75
medium / 768p
18−20
40−45
high / 1080p
10−11
24−27
ultra / 1080p
6−7
12−14
4K / 2160p
6−7
7−8
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 128% more, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
low / 768p
85−90
90−95
medium / 768p
45−50
60−65
ultra / 1080p
20−22
40−45
high / 768p
35−40
55−60
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in World of Tanks is 31% more, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
Full Specs
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Radeon HD 7850
Architecture
Fermi
GCN 1.0
Code name
GF116
Pitcairn
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
15 March 2011
5 March 2012
Pipelines
192
1024
Core clock speed
900 MHz
Boost Clock
1000 MHz
Transistor count
1,170 million
2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
28 nm
Texture fill rate
28.8 billion/sec
55.04
Floating-point performance
691.2 gflops
1,761 gflops
Length
8.25" (21 cm)
210 mm
Memory bus width
192 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
4.1 GB/s
1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth
98.4 GB/s
153.6 GB/s
DirectX
12 (11_0)
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
OpenGL
4.2
4.6
OpenCL
1.1
1.2
Vulkan
N/A
CUDA
+
FreeSync
+
CUDA cores
192
Bus support
16x PCI-E 2.0
PCIe 2.1 x16
Height
4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options
+
Multi monitor support
+
HDMI
+
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)
44 Mh/s
249 Mh/s
Eyefinity
+
Design
reference
CrossFire
+
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto)
12.5 Mh/s
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