ATI Radeon X1550 PCI vs ATI Radeon X850 XT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1550 PCI and ATI Radeon X850 XT 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 PCI

ATI Radeon X850 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1550 PCI

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 130 nm
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 69 Watt

Launch date	1 January 2007 vs 1 December 2004
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt vs 69 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X850 XT

Around 15% higher core clock speed: 520 MHz vs 452 MHz
4.6x more texture fill rate: 8.32 GTexel / s vs 1.808 GTexel / s
2x more memory clock speed: 1080 MHz vs 532 MHz

Core clock speed	520 MHz vs 452 MHz
Texture fill rate	8.32 GTexel / s vs 1.808 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1080 MHz vs 532 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1550 PCI
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X850 XT

Name	ATI Radeon X1550 PCI	ATI Radeon X850 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark		81
PassMark - G2D Mark		326

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1550 PCI	ATI Radeon X850 XT
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R400
Code name	RV516	R480
Launch date	1 January 2007	1 December 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	532
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	452 MHz	520 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1.808 GTexel / s	8.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt	69 Watt
Transistor count	107 million	160 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	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0b
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	4.26 GB / s	34.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	532 MHz	1080 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3