ATI Radeon 9550 XT vs Intel GMA 950

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9550 XT and Intel GMA 950 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

ATI Radeon 9550 XT

Intel GMA 950

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9550 XT

2.6x more core clock speed: 425 MHz vs 166 MHz

Core clock speed	425 MHz vs 166 MHz

Reasons to consider the Intel GMA 950

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm

Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9550 XT	Intel GMA 950
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 8	Generation 3.5
Code name	RV350	Lakeport
Launch date	4 May 2005	1 May 2005
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	425 MHz	166 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	1.7 GTexel / s
Transistor count	76 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		7 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	9.0	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	10.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	650 MHz
Memory type	DDR