GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 550 Ti and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge. 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 R5 Bristol Ridge. 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 R5 Bristol Ridge is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge 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 R5 Bristol Ridge here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 550 Ti Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
Power consumption (TDP) 116 Watt 12-45 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors One 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
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  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti has 866% more power consumption, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti is used in Desktops, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - by 28 nm process technology.

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 R5 Bristol Ridge.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 550 Ti Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
Architecture Fermi GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name GF116 Bristol Ridge
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 15 March 2011 1 June 2016
Pipelines 192 384
Core clock speed 900 MHz
Boost Clock 800 MHz
Transistor count 1,170 million 3100 Million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 28.8 billion/sec
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops
Length 8.25" (21 cm)
Memory bus width 192 Bit 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4.1 GB/s
Memory bandwidth 98.4 GB/s
Shared memory +
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.2
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan 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 medium sized
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