NVIDIA GeForce GT 415 OEM vs ATI Radeon X1550

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 415 OEM and ATI Radeon X1550 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 GT 415 OEM

ATI Radeon X1550

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 415 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 4% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 600 MHz
4.2x more texture fill rate: 10 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
3.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 251 vs 67

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 September 2010 vs 1 January 2007
Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	251 vs 67

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1550

Around 19% lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 32 Watt
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 666 MHz
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 253 vs 249

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt vs 32 Watt
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 666 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	253 vs 249

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 415 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1550

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

249

253

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

251

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 415 OEM	ATI Radeon X1550
PassMark - G2D Mark	249	253
PassMark - G3D Mark	251	67

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 415 OEM	ATI Radeon X1550
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	R500
Code name	GT216	RV515
Launch date	3 September 2010	1 January 2007
Place in performance rating	667	668
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	130.56 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	48
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	32 Watt	27 Watt
Transistor count	486 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	10.66 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	666 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR2