NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q vs ATI Radeon X1550

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q

ATI Radeon X1550

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 67% higher core clock speed: 999 MHz vs 600 MHz
22.1x more texture fill rate: 53.12 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 90 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
8.8x more memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 800 MHz
60.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4050 vs 67
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 287 vs 253

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 January 2018 vs 1 January 2007
Core clock speed	999 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	53.12 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4050 vs 67
PassMark - G2D Mark	287 vs 253

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1550

2.8x lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 75 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4050

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

287

253

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q	ATI Radeon X1550
PassMark - G3D Mark	4050	67
PassMark - G2D Mark	287	253
Geekbench - OpenCL	12601
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1341
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1341
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2076

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q	ATI Radeon X1550
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	R500
Code name	GP107	RV515
Launch date	3 January 2018	1 January 2007
Place in performance rating	670	673
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1328 MHz
Core clock speed	999 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,700 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	640
Texture fill rate	53.12 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	27 Watt
Transistor count	3,300 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	112.1 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Shared memory	0