ATI Radeon X1550 PCI vs ATI Radeon X1600

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1550 PCI 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 PCI

ATI Radeon X1600

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600

Around 40% higher core clock speed: 635 MHz vs 452 MHz
Around 40% higher texture fill rate: 2.54 GTexel / s vs 1.808 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 532 MHz

Core clock speed	635 MHz vs 452 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.54 GTexel / s vs 1.808 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 532 MHz

Compare benchmarks

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

Name	ATI Radeon X1550 PCI	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 PCI	ATI Radeon X1600
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R500
Code name	RV516	RV516
Launch date	1 January 2007	1 January 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	1252
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	452 MHz	635 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	80 nm
Texture fill rate	1.808 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	PCIe 1.0 x16	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	4.26 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	532 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR2