ATI Radeon X550 XT vs NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1400

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X550 XT and NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1400 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X550 XT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 45% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 275 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
  • Around 2% higher memory clock speed: 600 MHz vs 590 MHz
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 24 January 2007 vs 25 February 2005
Core clock speed 400 MHz vs 275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 110 nm vs 130 nm
Memory clock speed 600 MHz vs 590 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 224 vs 223

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1400

  • Around 38% higher texture fill rate: 2.2 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
  • Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 102 vs 56
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 2.2 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size 256 MB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 102 vs 56

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X550 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1400

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
56
102
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
224
223
Name ATI Radeon X550 XT NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1400
PassMark - G3D Mark 56 102
PassMark - G2D Mark 224 223

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon X550 XT NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1400

Essentials

Architecture R400 Curie
Code name RV410 NV41
Launch date 24 January 2007 25 February 2005
Place in performance rating 778 780
Type Desktop Workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 400 MHz 275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 110 nm 130 nm
Texture fill rate 1.6 GTexel / s 2.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count 120 million 222 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 MXM-III
Supplementary power connectors None

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 18.88 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 600 MHz 590 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 DDR