ATI Radeon 9550 SE vs ATI Radeon 9800

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9550 SE and ATI Radeon 9800 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

ATI Radeon 9550 SE

ATI Radeon 9800

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9550 SE

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm

Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9800

Around 30% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 250 MHz
2.6x more texture fill rate: 2.6 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
Around 45% higher memory clock speed: 580 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.6 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	580 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon 9550 SE
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9800

Name	ATI Radeon 9550 SE	ATI Radeon 9800
PassMark - G2D Mark		191
PassMark - G3D Mark		58

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9550 SE	ATI Radeon 9800
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 8	Rage 8
Code name	RV350	R350
Launch date	1 March 2003	1 March 2003
Place in performance rating	not rated	921
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	250 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1 GTexel / s	2.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count	76 million	117 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		37 Watt
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	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0	9.0
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	3.2 GB / s	18.56 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	580 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR