ATI Radeon HD 4550 vs ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4550 and ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4550

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 4% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 575 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
  • 2.6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 66 Watt
Launch date 30 September 2008 vs 25 October 2006
Core clock speed 600 MHz vs 575 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 66 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP

  • Around 44% higher texture fill rate: 6.9 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
  • Around 5% higher memory clock speed: 1380 MHz vs 1310 MHz
Texture fill rate 6.9 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size 512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 1380 MHz vs 1310 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4550
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP

Name ATI Radeon HD 4550 ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP
PassMark - G3D Mark 236
PassMark - G2D Mark 429
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 558
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 558

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon HD 4550 ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale R500
Code name RV710 RV570
Launch date 30 September 2008 25 October 2006
Launch price (MSRP) $59
Place in performance rating 800 not rated
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 600 MHz 575 MHz
Floating-point performance 96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 80
Texture fill rate 4.8 GTexel / s 6.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 66 Watt
Transistor count 242 million 330 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 AGP 8x
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None 2x Molex

API support

DirectX 10.1 9.0c
OpenGL 3.3 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 10.48 GB / s 44.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1310 MHz 1380 MHz
Memory type DDR2 GDDR3