ATI Radeon X1550 AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1550 AGP and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 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 X1550 AGP

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1550 AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 230 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 140 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 660 MHz vs 200 MHz

Launch date	1 January 2007 vs 17 March 2004
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 230 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 140 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	660 MHz vs 200 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

383.3x more texture fill rate: 920 MTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	920 MTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1550 AGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

Name	ATI Radeon X1550 AGP	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
PassMark - G3D Mark		8
PassMark - G2D Mark		152

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1550 AGP	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Rankine
Code name	RV505	NV34 B1
Launch date	1 January 2007	17 March 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	1132
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$36.99
Price now		$36.99
Value for money (0-100)		0.30
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	230 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	140 nm
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s	920 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt
Transistor count	107 million	45 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	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		152 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0a
OpenGL	2.0	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	5.28 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	660 MHz	200 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR