AMD FirePro S7150 vs ATI Radeon X550

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S7150 and ATI Radeon X550 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD FirePro S7150

ATI Radeon X550

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S7150

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 400 MHz
73.5x more texture fill rate: 117.6 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
64x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 128 MB
10x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 500 MHz
53.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2727 vs 51
Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 465 vs 266

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2016 vs 1 July 2005
Core clock speed	1050 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	117.6 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2727 vs 51
PassMark - G2D Mark	465 vs 266

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S7150
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2727

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

465

266

Name	AMD FirePro S7150	ATI Radeon X550
PassMark - G3D Mark	2727	51
PassMark - G2D Mark	465	266
Geekbench - OpenCL	29623
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	27.544
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	570.969
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.687
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	23.637
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6147
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	4359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	583
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6147
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	4359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	583

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S7150	ATI Radeon X550
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Rage 9
Code name	Tonga	RV370
Launch date	1 February 2016	1 July 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,399
Place in performance rating	634	632
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1050 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,763 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1792
Texture fill rate	117.6 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR