GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs Radeon Pro 450

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 550 Ti and Radeon Pro 450, 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 Pro 450, check out specs charts below.

Radeon Pro 450 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon Pro 450 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon Pro 450 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 550 Ti Radeon Pro 450
Power consumption (TDP) 116 Watt 35 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors One 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti has 231% more power consumption, than Radeon Pro 450.
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon Pro 450 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon Pro 450 has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti is used in Desktops, and Radeon Pro 450 - in Mobile workstations.
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon Pro 450 - with Polaris.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 550 Ti is 100 MHz higher, than Radeon Pro 450.
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro 450 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro 450 is 5076 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 7−8 14−16
ultra / 1080p 4−5 8−9
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 18−20 27−30
medium / 1080p 9−10 16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro 450 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 70% more, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 550 Ti Radeon Pro 450
Architecture Fermi Polaris
Code name GF116 Polaris 11
Type Desktop Mobile workstation
Release date 15 March 2011 27 October 2016
Pipelines 192 640
Core clock speed 900 MHz 800 MHz
Transistor count 1,170 million 3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 28.8 billion/sec 32.00
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops 1,024 gflops
Length 8.25" (21 cm)
Memory bus width 192 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4.1 GB/s 5080 MHz
Memory bandwidth 98.4 GB/s 81.28 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.2 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA +
FreeSync +
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
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 44 Mh/s 127 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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