GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs Radeon R7 Carrizo

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 550 Ti and Radeon R7 Carrizo, 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 R7 Carrizo, check out specs charts below.

Radeon R7 Carrizo is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R7 Carrizo 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 R7 Carrizo here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 550 Ti Radeon R7 Carrizo
Power consumption (TDP) 116 Watt 12-35 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 R7 Carrizo.
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti is used in Desktops, and Radeon R7 Carrizo - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R7 Carrizo - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 Carrizo - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 7−8 2−3
ultra / 1080p 4−5 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 18−20 12−14
medium / 1080p 9−10 5−6
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 550 Ti in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 71% more, than Radeon R7 Carrizo.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 550 Ti Radeon R7 Carrizo
Architecture Fermi GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name GF116 Carrizo
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 15 March 2011 4 June 2015
Pipelines 192 512
Core clock speed 900 MHz
Boost Clock 800 MHz
Transistor count 1,170 million 2410 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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