NVIDIA GeForce MX550 vs ATI FireGL X3-256

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX550 and ATI FireGL X3-256 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, 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).

NVIDIA GeForce MX550

ATI FireGL X3-256

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX550

Videocard is newer: launch date 21 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 1065 MHz vs 491 MHz
7822.2x more texture fill rate: 42.24 GTexel/s vs 5.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 130 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 57 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
Around 65% higher memory clock speed: 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective vs 908 MHz

Launch date	2022 vs 3 August 2004
Core clock speed	1065 MHz vs 491 MHz
Texture fill rate	42.24 GTexel/s vs 5.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 57 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective vs 908 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX550
GPU 2: ATI FireGL X3-256

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX550	ATI FireGL X3-256
PassMark - G2D Mark	396
PassMark - G3D Mark	4527
Geekbench - OpenCL	34265
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	102.448
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1017.021
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.996
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	87.46
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	587.99

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX550	ATI FireGL X3-256
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	R400
Code name	TU117	R420
Launch date	2022	3 August 2004
Place in performance rating	452	not rated
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,099
Type		Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1320 MHz
Core clock speed	1065 MHz	491 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	130 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	42.24 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	2.703 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	2.703 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1024
Pixel fill rate	21.12 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	42.24 GTexel/s	5.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	57 Watt
Transistor count	4700 million	160 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	12 (12_1)	9.0b
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Shader Model	6.7 (6.4)
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	96.00 GB/s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	908 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR3