AMD Radeon R7 250X vs ATI Radeon X1550

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 250X 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, 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 R7 250X

ATI Radeon X1550

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250X

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 1 month(s) later
15.8x more texture fill rate: 38 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 800 MHz
33.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2269 vs 67
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 637 vs 253

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 February 2014 vs 1 January 2007
Texture fill rate	38 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1625 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2269 vs 67
PassMark - G2D Mark	637 vs 253

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1550

3x lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 80 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt vs 80 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 250X
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2269

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

637

253

Name	AMD Radeon R7 250X	ATI Radeon X1550
PassMark - G3D Mark	2269	67
PassMark - G2D Mark	637	253
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	32.22
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	638.532
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.963
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	51.987
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	151.963
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3916
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3916
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 250X	ATI Radeon X1550
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	R500
Code name	Cape Verde	RV515
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	13 February 2014	1 January 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$99
Place in performance rating	665	668
Price now	$260.70
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	11.25
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,216 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	640
Stream Processors	640
Texture fill rate	38 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	27 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	107 million
Core clock speed		600 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x 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 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	210 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1625 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync