ATI Radeon 9550 vs ATI Radeon 9600 SE

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9550 and ATI Radeon 9600 SE 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 9550

ATI Radeon 9600 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9550

Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 35 vs 27
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 145 vs 143

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	35 vs 27
PassMark - G2D Mark	145 vs 143

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600 SE

Around 30% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 250 MHz
Around 30% higher texture fill rate: 1.3 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s

Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.3 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon 9550
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9600 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

145

143

Name	ATI Radeon 9550	ATI Radeon 9600 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark	35	27
PassMark - G2D Mark	145	143

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9550	ATI Radeon 9600 SE
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 8	Rage 8
Code name	RV350	RV350
Launch date	1 October 2003	1 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1132	1133
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	250 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1 GTexel / s	1.3 GTexel / s
Transistor count	76 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	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0	9.0
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR