Matrox G550 PCIe vs ATI Radeon X550

Comparative analysis of Matrox G550 PCIe and ATI Radeon X550 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.

Matrox G550 PCIe

ATI Radeon X550

Differences

Reasons to consider the Matrox G550 PCIe

156.3x more texture fill rate: 250.0 MTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	250.0 MTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X550

3.2x more core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 125 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 180 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 32 MB
Around 51% higher memory clock speed: 500 MHz vs 332 MHz

Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 125 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	500 MHz vs 332 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Matrox G550 PCIe
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X550

Name	Matrox G550 PCIe	ATI Radeon X550
PassMark - G3D Mark		51
PassMark - G2D Mark		266

Compare specifications (specs)

	Matrox G550 PCIe	ATI Radeon X550
Essentials
Architecture	G500	Rage 9
Code name	Condor	RV370
Launch date	13 July 2005	1 July 2005
Place in performance rating	not rated	638
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	125 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	250.0 MTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count	10 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x1	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	112 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	8.0	9.0
OpenGL	1.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	2.656 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	332 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR