ATI Radeon 9550 vs ATI Radeon 9800 PRO

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9550 and ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 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 9800 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9550

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 PRO

Around 52% higher core clock speed: 380 MHz vs 250 MHz
3x more texture fill rate: 3.04 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
Around 70% higher memory clock speed: 680 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 89% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 66 vs 35
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 175 vs 145

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	380 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	3.04 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	680 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	66 vs 35
PassMark - G2D Mark	175 vs 145

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

145

175

Name	ATI Radeon 9550	ATI Radeon 9800 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	35	66
PassMark - G2D Mark	145	175

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9550	ATI Radeon 9800 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 8	Rage 9
Code name	RV350	R360
Launch date	1 October 2003	1 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1162	1011
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Technical info
Core clock speed	250 MHz	380 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1 GTexel / s	3.04 GTexel / s
Transistor count	76 million	117 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		47 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	6.4 GB / s	21.76 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	680 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR