ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 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 GTS 250

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 27% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1100 MHz
5.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 290 vs 55

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 January 2010 vs 4 March 2009
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	290 vs 55

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

3.3x more core clock speed: 1836 MHz vs 550 MHz
10.7x more texture fill rate: 47.2 billion / sec vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 128 vs 80
4.4x better floating-point performance: 387.1 gflops vs 88 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
3.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 594 vs 191
4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3351 vs 782
4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3351 vs 782

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1836 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	47.2 billion / sec vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	128 vs 80
Floating-point performance	387.1 gflops vs 88 gflops
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	594 vs 191
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351 vs 782
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351 vs 782

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

191

594

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

290

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

782

3351

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

782

3351

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
PassMark - G3D Mark	191	594
PassMark - G2D Mark	290	55
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	782	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	782	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3108
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3108

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	M92	G92B
Launch date	1 January 2010	4 March 2009
Place in performance rating	1049	1050
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Price now		$114.99
Value for money (0-100)		9.91
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	1836 MHz
Floating-point performance	88 gflops	387.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	80	128
Texture fill rate	4.4 GTexel / s	47.2 billion / sec
Transistor count	242 million	754 million
CUDA cores		128
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		150 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, Two Dual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 2.0 x16
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		9" (228.6 mm) (22.9 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	11.2 GB / s	70.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1100 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