ATI Radeon X550 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000
Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X550 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 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
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
- Around 33% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 300 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
- Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 51 vs 34
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 1 July 2005 vs 21 January 2003 |
Core clock speed | 400 MHz vs 300 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 110 nm vs 130 nm |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 51 vs 34 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000
- Around 50% higher texture fill rate: 2.4 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
- Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate | 2.4 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s |
Memory clock speed | 600 MHz vs 500 MHz |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: ATI Radeon X550
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | ATI Radeon X550 | NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 51 | 34 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 266 | 266 |
Compare specifications (specs)
ATI Radeon X550 | NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Rage 9 | Rankine |
Code name | RV370 | NV30 |
Launch date | 1 July 2005 | 21 January 2003 |
Place in performance rating | 637 | 639 |
Type | Desktop | Workstation |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 400 MHz | 300 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 110 nm | 130 nm |
Texture fill rate | 1.6 GTexel / s | 2.4 GTexel / s |
Transistor count | 107 million | 125 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | AGP 8x |
Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x Molex |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0 | 9.0a |
OpenGL | 2.0 | 1.5 (2.1) |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 128 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 8 GB / s | 9.6 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 500 MHz | 600 MHz |
Memory type | DDR | DDR2 |