ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Around 56% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 900 MHz
5.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 290 vs 56

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 January 2010 vs 21 July 2008
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	290 vs 56

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

2.7x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 550 MHz
7.6x more texture fill rate: 33.6 billion / sec vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Around 40% higher pipelines: 112 vs 80
3.8x better floating-point performance: 336.0 gflops vs 88 gflops
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 454 vs 191
4.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3304 vs 782
4.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3304 vs 782

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	33.6 billion / sec vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	112 vs 80
Floating-point performance	336.0 gflops vs 88 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	454 vs 191
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3304 vs 782
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3304 vs 782

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

191

454

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

290

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

782

3304

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

782

3304

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	191	454
PassMark - G2D Mark	290	56
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	782	3304
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	782	3304
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2845

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	M92	G92
Launch date	1 January 2010	21 July 2008
Place in performance rating	1062	1063
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$160
Price now		$103.99
Value for money (0-100)		8.86
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	1500 MHz
Floating-point performance	88 gflops	336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	80	112
Texture fill rate	4.4 GTexel / s	33.6 billion / sec
Transistor count	242 million	754 million
CUDA cores		112
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		105 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options		2-way
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	11.2 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI
1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer)
DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600
HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio)
PCI-E 2.0 x16
Powerplay
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI