NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i vs ATI Radeon 9550

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i and ATI Radeon 9550 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i

ATI Radeon 9550

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 250 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 38 vs 35

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 October 2007 vs 1 October 2003
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	38 vs 35

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9550

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

145

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i	ATI Radeon 9550
PassMark - G2D Mark	145	145
PassMark - G3D Mark	38	35

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i	ATI Radeon 9550
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rage 8
Code name	C73	RV350
Launch date	4 October 2007	1 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1131	1132
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	630 MHz
Core clock speed	500 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Transistor count	112 million	76 million
Texture fill rate		1 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		64 MB
Memory bandwidth		6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		400 MHz
Memory type		DDR