ATI Radeon HD 5550 vs ATI Radeon X1650 PRO AGP

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5550 and ATI Radeon X1650 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.

ATI Radeon HD 5550

ATI Radeon X1650 PRO AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5550

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
3.7x more texture fill rate: 8.8 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 39 Watt vs 44 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 1400 MHz

Launch date	9 February 2010 vs 15 October 2006
Texture fill rate	8.8 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	39 Watt vs 44 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 1400 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1650 PRO AGP

Around 9% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 550 MHz

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 550 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5550
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1650 PRO AGP

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5550	ATI Radeon X1650 PRO AGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	377
PassMark - G2D Mark	185

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5550	ATI Radeon X1650 PRO AGP
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	R500
Code name	Redwood	RV535
Launch date	9 February 2010	15 October 2006
Place in performance rating	918	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	352.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	8.8 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	39 Watt	44 Watt
Transistor count	627 million	330 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	165 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3