ATI Radeon X550 HyperMemory vs NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X550 HyperMemory and NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX 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 X550 HyperMemory

NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 430 MHz vs 400 MHz
6.5x more texture fill rate: 10.32 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
2.4x more memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 500 MHz

Core clock speed	430 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	10.32 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 500 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X550 HyperMemory
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

Name	ATI Radeon X550 HyperMemory	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark		291
PassMark - G2D Mark		196
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1244
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1244

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X550 HyperMemory	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 9	Curie
Code name	RV370	G70
Launch date	1 July 2005	22 June 2005
Place in performance rating	not rated	1233
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	430 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	1.6 GTexel / s	10.32 GTexel / s
Transistor count	107 million	302 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		86 Watt
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
Length		228 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3