GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs GRID K520

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 550 Ti and GRID K520, 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 GRID K520, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 550 Ti GRID K520
Power consumption (TDP) 116 Watt 225 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors One 6-pin 1x 8-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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  • GRID K520 has 93% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and GRID K520 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • GRID K520 has 3 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti is build with Fermi architecture, and GRID K520 - with Kepler.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 550 Ti is 155 MHz higher, than GRID K520.
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and GRID K520 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • GRID K520 is 259 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
  • Memory clock speed of GRID K520 is 4996 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 7−8 16−18
ultra / 1080p 4−5 9−10
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 18−20 30−35
medium / 1080p 9−10 20−22
The average gaming FPS of GRID K520 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 550 Ti GRID K520
Architecture Fermi Kepler
Code name GF116 GK104
Type Desktop Workstation
Release date 15 March 2011 23 July 2013
Pipelines 192 1536
Core clock speed 900 MHz 745 MHz
Transistor count 1,170 million 3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 28.8 billion/sec 95.36
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops 2x 2,448 gflops
Length 8.25" (21 cm) 267 mm
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4.1 GB/s 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 98.4 GB/s 160.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.2 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.1.126
CUDA + 3.0
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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