ATI Radeon X550 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S
Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X550 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S 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 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
- 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 51 vs 24
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 1 July 2005 vs 22 December 2003 |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 51 vs 24 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 266 vs 265 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S
- Around 6% higher core clock speed: 425 MHz vs 400 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
Core clock speed | 425 MHz vs 400 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm vs 110 nm |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: ATI Radeon X550
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | ATI Radeon X550 | NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 51 | 24 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 266 | 265 |
Compare specifications (specs)
ATI Radeon X550 | NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Rage 9 | Curie |
Code name | RV370 | MCP51 |
Launch date | 1 July 2005 | 22 December 2003 |
Place in performance rating | 636 | 637 |
Type | Desktop | Workstation |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 400 MHz | 425 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 110 nm | 90 nm |
Texture fill rate | 1.6 GTexel / s | |
Transistor count | 107 million | 75 million |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 11 Watt | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCI |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0 | 9.0c |
OpenGL | 2.0 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | |
Memory bandwidth | 8 GB / s | |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | |
Memory clock speed | 500 MHz | |
Memory type | DDR |