ATI FireMV 2250 PCIe x1 vs ATI Radeon X1550

Comparative analysis of ATI FireMV 2250 PCIe x1 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI FireMV 2250 PCIe x1

ATI Radeon X1550

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FireMV 2250 PCIe x1

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 800 MHz

Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1550

Around 19% lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 32 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt vs 32 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FireMV 2250 PCIe x1
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1550

Name	ATI FireMV 2250 PCIe x1	ATI Radeon X1550
PassMark - G3D Mark		67
PassMark - G2D Mark		253

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FireMV 2250 PCIe x1	ATI Radeon X1550
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R500
Code name	RV516	RV515
Launch date	1 January 2007	1 January 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	668
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	32 Watt	27 Watt
Transistor count	107 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x S-Video, 1x DMS-59	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x1	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	32 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR2