ATI Radeon X550 XT vs ATI Mobility FireGL V5000

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X550 XT and ATI Mobility FireGL V5000 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Radeon X550 XT

ATI Mobility FireGL V5000

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X550 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 14% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 350 MHz

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 January 2007 vs 3 February 2005
Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 350 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	224 vs 223

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility FireGL V5000

Around 75% higher texture fill rate: 2.8 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Around 42% higher memory clock speed: 850 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 82 vs 56

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2.8 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	850 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	82 vs 56

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X550 XT
GPU 2: ATI Mobility FireGL V5000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

224

223

Name	ATI Radeon X550 XT	ATI Mobility FireGL V5000
PassMark - G3D Mark	56	82
PassMark - G2D Mark	224	223

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X550 XT	ATI Mobility FireGL V5000
Essentials
Architecture	R400	R400
Code name	RV410	M26
Launch date	24 January 2007	3 February 2005
Place in performance rating	780	783
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	1.6 GTexel / s	2.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count	120 million	120 million
Boost clock speed		350 MHz
Pipelines		8
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	9.0b	9.0b
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	9.6 GB / s	13.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	350 Bit
Memory clock speed	600 MHz	850 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	128
Shared memory		0
Technologies
PCIe