ATI Radeon X550 XT vs ATI FireGL V7100

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X550 XT and ATI FireGL V7100 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 XT

ATI FireGL V7100

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X550 XT

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: 110 nm vs 130 nm

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 January 2007 vs 1 December 2004
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	224 vs 223

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V7100

Around 27% higher core clock speed: 507 MHz vs 400 MHz
3.8x more texture fill rate: 6.084 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 73% higher memory clock speed: 1040 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 72 vs 56

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	507 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	6.084 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1040 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	72 vs 56

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X550 XT
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V7100

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

224

223

Name	ATI Radeon X550 XT	ATI FireGL V7100
PassMark - G3D Mark	56	72
PassMark - G2D Mark	224	223

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X550 XT	ATI FireGL V7100
Essentials
Architecture	R400	R400
Code name	RV410	R480
Launch date	24 January 2007	1 December 2004
Place in performance rating	778	786
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,099
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	507 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1.6 GTexel / s	6.084 GTexel / s
Transistor count	120 million	160 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		91 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
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		211 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0b	9.0b
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	9.6 GB / s	33.28 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	600 MHz	1040 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3