ATI Radeon X550 XTX vs ATI Radeon X300 SE

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X550 XTX and ATI Radeon X300 SE 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 XTX

ATI Radeon X300 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X550 XTX

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 23% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 325 MHz
2.5x more texture fill rate: 3.2 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 600 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 87% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 71 vs 38

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 January 2007 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	600 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	71 vs 38

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X300 SE

Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 242 vs 240

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	242 vs 240

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X550 XTX
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X300 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

240

242

Name	ATI Radeon X550 XTX	ATI Radeon X300 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark	71	38
PassMark - G2D Mark	240	242

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X550 XTX	ATI Radeon X300 SE
Essentials
Architecture	R400	Rage 9
Code name	RV410	RV370
Launch date	24 January 2007	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	715	718
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s	1.3 GTexel / s
Transistor count	120 million	107 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		30 Watt
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	None
API support
DirectX	9.0b	9.0
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	4.8 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	600 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR