NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 vs ATI Radeon X850 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 and ATI Radeon X850 XT 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.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

ATI Radeon X850 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 69 Watt

Launch date	20 April 2006 vs 1 December 2004
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 69 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X850 XT

Around 44% higher core clock speed: 520 MHz vs 360 MHz
2.9x more texture fill rate: 8.32 GTexel / s vs 2.88 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 35% higher memory clock speed: 1080 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 81 vs 64

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	520 MHz vs 360 MHz
Texture fill rate	8.32 GTexel / s vs 2.88 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1080 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	81 vs 64
PassMark - G2D Mark	326 vs 325

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X850 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

325

326

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 550	ATI Radeon X850 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	64	81
PassMark - G2D Mark	325	326

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 550	ATI Radeon X850 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	R400
Code name	NV43 A2	R480
Launch date	20 April 2006	1 December 2004
Place in performance rating	529	532
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	360 MHz	520 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	2.88 GTexel / s	8.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	69 Watt
Transistor count	146 million	160 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0b
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	34.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1080 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3