ATI Radeon X550 HyperMemory vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X550 HyperMemory and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD 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 X550 HyperMemory

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X550 HyperMemory

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 60% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 250 MHz
Around 60% higher texture fill rate: 1.6 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 150 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz

Launch date	1 July 2005 vs 31 May 2005
Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.6 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	500 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X550 HyperMemory
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

Name	ATI Radeon X550 HyperMemory	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD
PassMark - G3D Mark		2
PassMark - G2D Mark		119

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X550 HyperMemory	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 9	Celsius
Code name	RV370	NV18 C1
Launch date	1 July 2005	31 May 2005
Place in performance rating	not rated	1280
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.6 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	107 million	29 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		10 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0	8.0
OpenGL	2.0	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR