ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670 vs ATI Radeon X1550

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670 and ATI Radeon X1550 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 4670

ATI Radeon X1550

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 13% higher core clock speed: 675 MHz vs 600 MHz
9x more texture fill rate: 21.6 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
6.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 463 vs 67
Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 375 vs 253

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 January 2009 vs 1 January 2007
Core clock speed	675 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	21.6 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	463 vs 67
PassMark - G2D Mark	375 vs 253

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1550

Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 35 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt vs 35 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

463

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

375

253

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670	ATI Radeon X1550
PassMark - G3D Mark	463	67
PassMark - G2D Mark	375	253
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2907
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2907

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670	ATI Radeon X1550
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	R500
Code name	M96	RV515
Launch date	9 January 2009	1 January 2007
Place in performance rating	709	711
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	675 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	432.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	21.6 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	27 Watt
Transistor count	514 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3	DDR2
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