ATI Radeon HD 4550 vs ATI Radeon X600 SE

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4550 and ATI Radeon X600 SE 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).

ATI Radeon HD 4550

ATI Radeon X600 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4550

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 85% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 325 MHz
3.7x more texture fill rate: 4.8 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 110 nm
Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 36 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
2.6x more memory clock speed: 1310 MHz vs 500 MHz
4.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 236 vs 49
Around 87% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 429 vs 229

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 September 2008 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 110 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 36 Watt
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1310 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	236 vs 49
PassMark - G2D Mark	429 vs 229

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4550
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X600 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

236

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

429

229

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4550	ATI Radeon X600 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark	236	49
PassMark - G2D Mark	429	229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	558
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	558

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4550	ATI Radeon X600 SE
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Rage 9
Code name	RV710	RV370
Launch date	30 September 2008	1 September 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$59
Place in performance rating	763	764
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	325 MHz
Floating-point performance	96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	80
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s	1.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	36 Watt
Transistor count	242 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	10.48 GB / s	4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1310 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR