ATI Radeon 9550 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9550 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000 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

NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9550

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 94% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 35 vs 18

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 October 2003 vs 21 January 2003
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	35 vs 18

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000

Around 60% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 250 MHz
3.2x more texture fill rate: 3.2 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 146 vs 145

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	146 vs 145

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon 9550
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

145

146

Name	ATI Radeon 9550	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000
PassMark - G3D Mark	35	18
PassMark - G2D Mark	145	146

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9550	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 8	Rankine
Code name	RV350	NV30
Launch date	1 October 2003	21 January 2003
Place in performance rating	1162	1164
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	250 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	76 million	125 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0	9.0a
OpenGL	2.0	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR2