NVIDIA Quadro4 500 XGL vs NVIDIA Quadro4 550 XGL

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro4 500 XGL and NVIDIA Quadro4 550 XGL videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA Quadro4 500 XGL

NVIDIA Quadro4 550 XGL

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro4 500 XGL

2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB

Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro4 550 XGL

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 270 MHz vs 250 MHz
Around 8% higher texture fill rate: 1.08 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
2.4x more memory clock speed: 400 MHz vs 166 MHz

Core clock speed	270 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.08 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	400 MHz vs 166 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro4 500 XGL	NVIDIA Quadro4 550 XGL
Essentials
Architecture	Celsius	Celsius
Code name	NV17 A3	NV17 A3
Launch date	19 February 2002	19 February 2002
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	250 MHz	270 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1 GTexel / s	1.08 GTexel / s
Transistor count	29 million	29 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x	AGP 4x
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	8.0	8.0
OpenGL	1.3	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	2.656 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	166 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	SDR	DDR