ATI Radeon X1550 vs ATI Radeon X600 PRO

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1550 and ATI Radeon X600 PRO 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 Radeon X600 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1550

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 50% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 50% higher texture fill rate: 2.4 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 36 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 600 MHz

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 January 2007 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt vs 36 Watt
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	253 vs 252

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1550
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X600 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

253

252

Name	ATI Radeon X1550	ATI Radeon X600 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	67	67
PassMark - G2D Mark	253	252

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1550	ATI Radeon X600 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Rage 9
Code name	RV515	RV370
Launch date	1 January 2007	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	711	712
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt	36 Watt
Transistor count	107 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x 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	9.0
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR