AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 vs ATI Radeon X550 XTX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 and ATI Radeon X550 XTX 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

ATI Radeon X550 XTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 400 MHz
74.5x more texture fill rate: 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 3.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 2x 2 GB vs 128 MB
7x more memory clock speed: 4200 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 373 vs 240
35.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2534 vs 71

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 September 2011 vs 24 January 2007
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	4200 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	373 vs 240
PassMark - G3D Mark	2534 vs 71

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X550 XTX

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

373

240

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2534

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2	ATI Radeon X550 XTX
Geekbench - OpenCL	3977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.789
PassMark - G2D Mark	373	240
PassMark - G3D Mark	2534	71

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2	ATI Radeon X550 XTX
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	R400
Code name	Barts	RV410
Launch date	19 September 2011	24 January 2007
Place in performance rating	713	716
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 1,536.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	2x 960
Texture fill rate	2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	254 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	120 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0b
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 134.4 GB / s	4.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4200 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR