NVIDIA Quadro4 550 XGL vs NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro4 550 XGL and NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL 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.

NVIDIA Quadro4 550 XGL

NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL

Around 11% higher core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 270 MHz
2.2x more texture fill rate: 2.4 GTexel / s vs 1.08 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
Around 63% higher memory clock speed: 650 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	300 MHz vs 270 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s vs 1.08 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	650 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro4 550 XGL
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL

Name	NVIDIA Quadro4 550 XGL	NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL
PassMark - G2D Mark		194
PassMark - G3D Mark		5

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro4 550 XGL	NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL
Essentials
Architecture	Celsius	Kelvin
Code name	NV17 A3	NV25 A2
Launch date	19 February 2002	19 February 2002
Place in performance rating	not rated	910
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	270 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.08 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	29 million	63 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	8.0	8.1
OpenGL	1.3	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	10.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	650 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR