AMD Radeon HD 6970 vs ATI Radeon X1550

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6970 and ATI Radeon X1550 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon HD 6970

ATI Radeon X1550

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6970

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
35.2x more texture fill rate: 84.5 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
Around 72% higher memory clock speed: 1375 MHz vs 800 MHz
42.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2836 vs 67
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 429 vs 253

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 December 2010 vs 1 January 2007
Texture fill rate	84.5 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1375 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2836 vs 67
PassMark - G2D Mark	429 vs 253

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1550

20.4x lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 550 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt vs 550 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6970
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2836

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

429

253

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6970	ATI Radeon X1550
PassMark - G3D Mark	2836	67
PassMark - G2D Mark	429	253
Geekbench - OpenCL	35739
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	18.676
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	920.398
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.835
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	52.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	273.175
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5372
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5372
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6970	ATI Radeon X1550
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 3	R500
Code name	Cayman	RV515
Design	AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch date	14 December 2010	1 January 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$369
Place in performance rating	675	673
Price now	$94.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	48.01
Technical info
Boost clock speed	880 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,703.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1536
Texture fill rate	84.5 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	550 Watt	27 Watt
Transistor count	2,640 million	107 million
Core clock speed		600 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	11	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1375 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR5	DDR2
Memory bandwidth		12.8 GB / s
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire