GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs Radeon R9 M385

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 550 Ti and Radeon R9 M385. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 550 Ti and Radeon R9 M385. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Radeon R9 M385 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R9 M385 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 R9 M385 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 550 Ti Radeon R9 M385
Power consumption (TDP) 116 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors One 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R9 M385 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R9 M385 has 3 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti is used in Desktops, and Radeon R9 M385 - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R9 M385 - with GCN.
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M385 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon R9 M385 is 1496 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 7−8 10−12
ultra / 1080p 4−5 6−7
QHD / 1440p 0−1 1−2
low / 720p 18−20 24−27
medium / 1080p 9−10 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M385 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 40% more, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 550 Ti Radeon R9 M385
Architecture Fermi GCN
Code name GF116 Strato
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 15 March 2011 16 June 2015
Pipelines 192 896
Core clock speed 900 MHz
Boost Clock 1100 MHz
Transistor count 1,170 million 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 28.8 billion/sec 56.00
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops 1,792 gflops
Length 8.25" (21 cm)
Memory bus width 192 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4.1 GB/s 1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 98.4 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.2 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 Not Listed
Vulkan N/A
CUDA +
FreeSync +
CUDA cores 192
Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0 PCIe 3.0
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
Laptop size medium sized
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
TrueAudio +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
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