NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs ATI Mobility Radeon X1900

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti and ATI Mobility Radeon X1900 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 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 550 Ti

ATI Mobility Radeon X1900

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
4.5x more core clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 400 MHz
6x more texture fill rate: 28.8 billion / sec vs 4.8 GTexel / s
5.3x more pipelines: 192 vs 36
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 1026 MHz vs 960 MHz
11.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1557 vs 135
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 382 vs 287
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3322 vs 1398
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3322 vs 1398

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 March 2011 vs 11 January 2007
Core clock speed	1800 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	28.8 billion / sec vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 36
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1026 MHz vs 960 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1557 vs 135
PassMark - G2D Mark	382 vs 287
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3322 vs 1398
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3322 vs 1398

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X1900

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1557

135

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

382

287

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3322

1398

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3322

1398

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti	ATI Mobility Radeon X1900
PassMark - G3D Mark	1557	135
PassMark - G2D Mark	382	287
Geekbench - OpenCL	5750
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	18.461
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	354.392
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.125
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	18.511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	41.941
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3322	1398
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3322	1398
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	322

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti	ATI Mobility Radeon X1900
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	R500
Code name	GF116	M68
Launch date	15 March 2011	11 January 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$149
Place in performance rating	1019	1022
Price now	$287.59
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	7.49
Technical info
Core clock speed	1800 MHz	400 MHz
CUDA cores	192
Floating-point performance	691.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	100 °C
Pipelines	192	36
Texture fill rate	28.8 billion / sec	4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	116 Watt
Transistor count	1,170 million	384 million
Boost clock speed		400 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	8.25" (21 cm)
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	One 6-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.2	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	98.4 GB / s	30.72 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	470 Bit
Memory clock speed	1026 MHz	960 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Powerplay 6.0