ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 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), Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Around 26% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1107 MHz
4.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 290 vs 62

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 January 2010 vs 16 June 2008
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1107 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	290 vs 62

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

2.4x more core clock speed: 1296 MHz vs 550 MHz
11x more texture fill rate: 48.2 billion / sec vs 4.4 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 240 vs 80
7.1x better floating-point performance: 622.1 gflops vs 88 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
6.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1299 vs 191
4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3325 vs 782
4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3325 vs 782

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1296 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	48.2 billion / sec vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	240 vs 80
Floating-point performance	622.1 gflops vs 88 gflops
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1299 vs 191
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3325 vs 782
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3325 vs 782

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

191

1299

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

290

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

782

3325

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

782

3325

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
PassMark - G3D Mark	191	1299
PassMark - G2D Mark	290	62
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	782	3325
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	782	3325
Geekbench - OpenCL		21396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2697
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2697

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla 2.0
Code name	M92	GT200
Launch date	1 January 2010	16 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1051	1053
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$649
Price now		$522.78
Value for money (0-100)		2.98
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	1296 MHz
Floating-point performance	88 gflops	622.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	80	240
Texture fill rate	4.4 GTexel / s	48.2 billion / sec
Transistor count	242 million	1,400 million
CUDA cores		240
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		236 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
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin & 8-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	11.2 GB / s	141.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1107 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