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.

ATI Radeon X550 XT

NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1400

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

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	780	782
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