ATI FirePro V3700 vs ATI Radeon HD 3550

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro V3700 and ATI Radeon HD 3550 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

ATI FirePro V3700

ATI Radeon HD 3550

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V3700

Around 35% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 594 MHz
Around 35% higher texture fill rate: 3.2 GTexel / s vs 2.376 GTexel / s
Around 35% better floating-point performance: 64 gflops vs 47.52 gflops
2.4x more memory clock speed: 1900 MHz vs 792 MHz

Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 594 MHz
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s vs 2.376 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	64 gflops vs 47.52 gflops
Memory clock speed	1900 MHz vs 792 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3550

Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 32 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 32 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FirePro V3700	ATI Radeon HD 3550
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	TeraScale
Code name	RV620	RV620
Launch date	8 August 2008	4 August 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$99
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	594 MHz
Floating-point performance	64 gflops	47.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	40	40
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s	2.376 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	32 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	181 million	181 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI	2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	15.2 GB / s	6.34 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1900 MHz	792 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2