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 |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | AGP 8x |
Length | 168 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | 2x Molex |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.1 | 9.0c |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.0 |
Memory |
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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 |