NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX vs ATI Radeon 9550

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

ATI Radeon 9550

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 250 MHz
24x more texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 130 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 64 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 400 MHz
13.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 462 vs 35
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 175 vs 145

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 November 2007 vs 1 October 2003
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	462 vs 35
PassMark - G2D Mark	175 vs 145

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

462

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

175

145

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX	ATI Radeon 9550
PassMark - G3D Mark	462	35
PassMark - G2D Mark	175	145
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2485

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX	ATI Radeon 9550
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rage 8
Code name	G92	RV350
Launch date	1 November 2007	1 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1160	1162
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	250 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	240 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	96
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	76 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-HE	AGP 8x
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0
SLI