AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile vs ATI Radeon X1550

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile and ATI Radeon X1550 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Video outputs and ports, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

ATI Radeon X1550

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 10 month(s) later
14.7x more texture fill rate: 35.2 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 90 nm
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 27 Watt
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 388 vs 253
22.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1501 vs 67

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 November 2017 vs 1 January 2007
Texture fill rate	35.2 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 27 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	388 vs 253
PassMark - G3D Mark	1501 vs 67

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1550

2x more core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1550

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

388

253

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1501

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile	ATI Radeon X1550
PassMark - G2D Mark	388	253
PassMark - G3D Mark	1501	67
Geekbench - OpenCL	8941
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile	ATI Radeon X1550
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	R500
Code name	Vega	RV515
Launch date	24 November 2017	1 January 2007
Place in performance rating	670	669
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,126 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	512
Texture fill rate	35.2 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	27 Watt
Transistor count	4,500 million	107 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR4	DDR2
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
API support
DirectX		9.0c
OpenGL		2.0