ATI Mobility Radeon X800 XT vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 55 PCI

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon X800 XT and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 55 PCI videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X800 XT

  • Around 92% higher core clock speed: 480 MHz vs 250 MHz
  • 7.7x more texture fill rate: 7.68 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 140 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
  • 2.8x more memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 400 MHz
Core clock speed 480 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate 7.68 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 130 nm vs 140 nm
Maximum memory size 256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed 1100 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Mobility Radeon X800 XT NVIDIA Quadro NVS 55 PCI

Essentials

Architecture R400 Rankine
Code name M28 NV34 B1
Launch date 1 June 2005 31 May 2005
Place in performance rating not rated not rated
Type Desktop Workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 480 MHz 250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 130 nm 140 nm
Texture fill rate 7.68 GTexel / s 1 GTexel / s
Transistor count 160 million 45 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCI
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 9.0b 9.0a
OpenGL 2.0 1.5 (2.1)

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 64 MB
Memory bandwidth 35.2 GB / s 1.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 32 Bit
Memory clock speed 1100 MHz 400 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 DDR

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