ATI Radeon X1550 vs ATI FireGL V5100

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1550 and ATI FireGL V5100 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

ATI FireGL V5100

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1550

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 450 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 253 vs 250

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 January 2007 vs 1 May 2004
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	253 vs 250

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V5100

2.3x more texture fill rate: 5.4 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 93 vs 67

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	5.4 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	93 vs 67

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1550
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V5100

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

253

250

Name	ATI Radeon X1550	ATI FireGL V5100
PassMark - G3D Mark	67	93
PassMark - G2D Mark	253	250

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1550	ATI FireGL V5100
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R400
Code name	RV515	R423
Launch date	1 January 2007	1 May 2004
Place in performance rating	711	723
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s	5.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 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	None
Length		211 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR