ATI Radeon Xpress X1270 vs ATI Radeon X550 XT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon Xpress X1270 and ATI Radeon X550 XT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Radeon Xpress X1270

ATI Radeon X550 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon Xpress X1270

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 110 nm

Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 110 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon Xpress X1270
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X550 XT

Name	ATI Radeon Xpress X1270	ATI Radeon X550 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark		56
PassMark - G2D Mark		224

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon Xpress X1270	ATI Radeon X550 XT
Essentials
Code name	M690T	RV410
Launch date	1 February 2007	24 January 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	778
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Architecture		R400
Technical info
Boost clock speed	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	4
Core clock speed		400 MHz
Texture fill rate		1.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count		120 million
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	128 MB
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		600 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Technologies
PowerPlay 7.0
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX		9.0b
OpenGL		2.0