ATI Radeon 9550 vs ATI Radeon 9600 XT

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

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600 XT

2x more core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 250 MHz
2x more texture fill rate: 2 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 600 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 147 vs 145

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	600 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	147 vs 145

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

145

147

Name	ATI Radeon 9550	ATI Radeon 9600 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	35	35
PassMark - G2D Mark	145	147

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9550	ATI Radeon 9600 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 8	Rage 9
Code name	RV350	RV360
Launch date	1 October 2003	1 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1124	1125
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	250 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	76 million	76 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		22 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	None
API support
DirectX	9.0	9.0
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR