ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX 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).

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
3.3x more pipelines: 80 vs 24
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 290 vs 283

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 January 2010 vs 12 October 2006
Pipelines	80 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	290 vs 283

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX

Around 5% higher core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 550 MHz
3.1x more texture fill rate: 13.8 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 264 vs 191
Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 951 vs 782
Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 951 vs 782

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	575 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	13.8 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	264 vs 191
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	951 vs 782
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	951 vs 782

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

191

264

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

290

283

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

782

951

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

782

951

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	191	264
PassMark - G2D Mark	290	283
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	782	951
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	782	951

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	M92	G71
Launch date	1 January 2010	12 October 2006
Place in performance rating	1062	1065
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	575 MHz
Floating-point performance	88 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	80	24
Texture fill rate	4.4 GTexel / s	13.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count	242 million	278 million
Boost clock speed		575 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		45 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-II	MXM-III
Laptop size		large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	11.2 GB / s	44.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	700 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3	256
Shared memory	0	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
CineFX 4.0
Intellisample 4.0
PowerMizer 6.0
UltraShadow II