ATI Radeon 9250 PCI vs ATI Radeon 9550

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9250 PCI and ATI Radeon 9550 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 Radeon 9250 PCI

ATI Radeon 9550

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9250 PCI

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
960x more texture fill rate: 960 MTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB

Launch date	1 March 2004 vs 1 October 2003
Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9550

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 250 MHz vs 240 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm

Core clock speed	250 MHz vs 240 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon 9250 PCI
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9550

Name	ATI Radeon 9250 PCI	ATI Radeon 9550
PassMark - G3D Mark		35
PassMark - G2D Mark		145

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9250 PCI	ATI Radeon 9550
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 7	Rage 8
Code name	RV280	RV350
Launch date	1 March 2004	1 October 2003
Place in performance rating	not rated	1162
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	240 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	36 million	76 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	8.1	9.0
OpenGL	1.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	3.2 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR