ATI Radeon X550 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X550 XT and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 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

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X550 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 224 vs 220

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 January 2007 vs 1 March 2006
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	224 vs 220

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600

Around 13% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 400 MHz
2.3x more texture fill rate: 3.6 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
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 700 MHz vs 600 MHz
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 128 vs 56

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	3.6 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	700 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	128 vs 56

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X550 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

128

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

224

220

Name	ATI Radeon X550 XT	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600
PassMark - G3D Mark	56	128
PassMark - G2D Mark	224	220

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X550 XT	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600
Essentials
Architecture	R400	Curie
Code name	RV410	G73
Launch date	24 January 2007	1 March 2006
Place in performance rating	778	779
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	1.6 GTexel / s	3.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count	120 million	177 million
Boost clock speed		450 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	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	9.6 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	350 Bit
Memory clock speed	600 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	128 / 64
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Intellisample 4.0
PowerMizer 6.0