ATI Radeon X1550 AGP vs ATI Radeon X1600

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1550 AGP and ATI Radeon X1600 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 X1550 AGP

ATI Radeon X1600

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600

Around 6% higher core clock speed: 635 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 6% higher texture fill rate: 2.54 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 21% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 660 MHz

Core clock speed	635 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.54 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 660 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1550 AGP
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1600

Name	ATI Radeon X1550 AGP	ATI Radeon X1600
PassMark - G3D Mark		49
PassMark - G2D Mark		209
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1019

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1550 AGP	ATI Radeon X1600
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R500
Code name	RV505	RV516
Launch date	1 January 2007	1 January 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	1252
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	635 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	80 nm
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s	2.54 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	2x DVI, 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	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	5.28 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	660 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR2