GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs Radeon HD 6950M

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 550 Ti and Radeon HD 6950M. 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 HD 6950M. 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 HD 6950M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 6950M 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 HD 6950M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 550 Ti Radeon HD 6950M
Power consumption (TDP) 116 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
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 132% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6950M.
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6950M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • Radeon HD 6950M has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 6950M - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 6950M - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 550 Ti is 320 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6950M.
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti and Radeon HD 6950M are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 6950M is 896 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 7−8 8−9
ultra / 1080p 4−5 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 18−20 20−22
medium / 1080p 9−10 10−12
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6950M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 10% more, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 550 Ti Radeon HD 6950M
Architecture Fermi Terascale 2
Code name GF116 Blackcomb Pro
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 15 March 2011 6 January 2011
Pipelines 192 960
Core clock speed 900 MHz 580 MHz
Transistor count 1,170 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 28.8 billion/sec 27.84
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops 1,113.6 gflops
Length 8.25" (21 cm)
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4.1 GB/s 900 MHz
Memory bandwidth 98.4 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.2 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
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
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 44 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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