ATI Radeon X1550 AGP vs ATI Radeon X1550 PCI

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1550 AGP and ATI Radeon X1550 PCI videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

ATI Radeon X1550 AGP

ATI Radeon X1550 PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1550 AGP

Around 33% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 452 MHz
Around 33% higher texture fill rate: 2.4 GTexel / s vs 1.808 GTexel / s
Around 24% higher memory clock speed: 660 MHz vs 532 MHz

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 452 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s vs 1.808 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	660 MHz vs 532 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1550 PCI

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm

Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1550 AGP	ATI Radeon X1550 PCI
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R500
Code name	RV505	RV516
Launch date	1 January 2007	1 January 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	452 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	80 nm
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s	1.808 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt	27 Watt
Transistor count	107 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	5.28 GB / s	4.26 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	660 MHz	532 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR2