GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs Radeon HD 7730

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 550 Ti and Radeon HD 7730, 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 7730, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 550 Ti Radeon HD 7730
Power consumption (TDP) 116 Watt 47 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors One 6-pin None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti has 146% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 7730.
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7730 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti and Radeon HD 7730 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 7730 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 550 Ti is 100 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7730.
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7730 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 7730 is 160 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7730 is 4496 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 7−8 3−4
ultra / 1080p 4−5 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 18−20 14−16
medium / 1080p 9−10 5−6
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 550 Ti in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 66% more, than Radeon HD 7730.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 550 Ti Radeon HD 7730
Architecture Fermi GCN 1.0
Code name GF116 Cape Verde
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 15 March 2011 1 May 2013
Pipelines 192 384
Core clock speed 900 MHz 800 MHz
Transistor count 1,170 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 28.8 billion/sec 19.20
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops 614.4 gflops
Length 8.25" (21 cm) 168 mm
Memory bus width 192 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4.1 GB/s 4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 98.4 GB/s 72 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.2 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
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
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