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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti is a graphics card released on March 15, 2011, built on the Fermi architecture. It has 192 shading units, 3 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 192-bit bus, 98.5 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 900 MHz and a 116 W board power rating. It scores 1,558 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5.

FermiGF116-400-A1

9/10 key specs recorded · 29 facts

Depth: 40 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 9 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

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Shading units

192cores

Memory

3 GB

GDDR5 · 192-bit

Boost clock

n/a

900 MHz base

Board power

116 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti scores 1,558 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 61.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,163), measured across 8,515 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 387.

PassMark G3D Mark

1,558

Rank #1,163
Faster than 61.7% of 2,658 GPUs
8,515 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 41 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 53.9% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 6 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 39% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 11 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 34% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 6 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 18.8% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 708 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 36.8% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti averages DirectX 9 41 fps, DirectX 10 6 fps, DirectX 11 11 fps, DirectX 12 6 fps and GPU Compute 708 ops/s, across 8,515 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Max memory 3 GB

Core clock 900 MHz

Memory clock 4104 MHz

DirectX 11

OpenGL 4.5

Max TDP 116 W

First benchmarked 2012-08-10

Samples 8,515

PassMark listing (collected 2026-09-30)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti states the PCIe 2.0 x16 interface, up to 3 GB of memory, a core clock of 900 MHz, DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2012-08-10. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture Fermi

Codename GF116-400-A1

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors 1,170 M

Die size 238 mm²

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti is based on the Fermi architecture, uses the GF116-400-A1 graphics processor, contains 1,170 million transistors and has a die size of 238 mm².

Shader configuration

Shading units 192

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 32

Render output units (ROPs) 24

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti has 192 shading units, 32 texture mapping units and 24 render output units.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti.

Clock speeds

Base clock 900 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti runs at a base clock of 900 MHz.

Memory

Size 3 GB

Type GDDR5

Bus width 192-bit

Bandwidth 98.5 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti is equipped with 3 GB of GDDR5 memory, uses a 192-bit memory bus and delivers 98.5 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti has a board power rating of 116 W and it connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 116 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Market

Launched March 15, 2011

Launch price $149

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce GTX 500 Series

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti was released on March 15, 2011 and launched at a price of $149.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 1,558

PassMark G2D 387

Rank #1,163

Samples 8,515

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5.

DirectX 11

OpenGL 4.5

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti.

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti have?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti has 3 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 192-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 98.5 GB/s.

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti has a board power rating of 116 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti scores 1,558 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 61.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,163. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 6 fps.

What bus interface does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti use?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.

When was the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti released and how much did it cost at launch?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti was released on March 15, 2011 and launched at a price of $149.

Corrections to this record

After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.

1 filled value

Architecture: Fermi (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip GF116 -> Fermi. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724); Wikipedia: List of Nvidia desktop graphics processing units (revision 1375708460).

The audit log is public: all changes for this GPU, the corrections overview and the method.

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