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.

 

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

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