NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 vs AMD Stream Processor

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 and AMD Stream Processor 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

AMD Stream Processor

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
5.5x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 165 Watt

Launch date	20 April 2006 vs 1 January 2006
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 165 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Stream Processor

Around 65% higher core clock speed: 594 MHz vs 360 MHz
3.3x more texture fill rate: 9.5 GTexel / s vs 2.88 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
Around 62% higher memory clock speed: 1296 MHz vs 800 MHz

Core clock speed	594 MHz vs 360 MHz
Texture fill rate	9.5 GTexel / s vs 2.88 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1296 MHz vs 800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
GPU 2: AMD Stream Processor

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 550	AMD Stream Processor
PassMark - G3D Mark	64
PassMark - G2D Mark	325

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 550	AMD Stream Processor
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	R500
Code name	NV43 A2	R580
Launch date	20 April 2006	1 January 2006
Place in performance rating	506	not rated
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	360 MHz	594 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	2.88 GTexel / s	9.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	165 Watt
Transistor count	146 million	384 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	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	41.5 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1296 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3