ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v vs ATI Radeon X1900 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v and ATI Radeon X1900 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v

ATI Radeon X1900 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.1x more texture fill rate: 14.4 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
7.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 75 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 266 vs 146

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2010 vs 1 May 2006
Texture fill rate	14.4 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	266 vs 146

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 GT

Around 28% higher core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 409 vs 398

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	575 MHz vs 450 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	409 vs 398

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1900 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

266

146

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

398

409

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v	ATI Radeon X1900 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	266	146
PassMark - G2D Mark	398	409

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v	ATI Radeon X1900 GT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	R500
Code name	M96	R580
Launch date	5 May 2010	1 May 2006
Place in performance rating	393	388
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	575 MHz
Floating-point performance	288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	14.4 GTexel / s	6.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	514 million	384 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	19.2 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR3, DDR2	GDDR3
Shared memory	0