ATI Radeon X1550 PCI vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

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Graphics Processor

GPU model RV516 NV43
Architecture R500 Curie
Foundry UMC TSMC
Manufacturing process 80 nm 110 nm
Number of transistors 107 million 146 million
Die size 100 mm² 154 mm²
GPU variant NV43 GL

Graphics Card

Release date 2007 Apr 20th, 2006
Generation Radeon R500 PCIe Quadro FX
Production End-of-life End-of-life
Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Reviews 7 in our database 26 in our database
Predecessor Radeon R400 PCIe
Successor Radeon R600

Clocks

GPU clock 452 MHz 360 MHz
Memory clock 266 MHz 532 Mbps effective 400 MHz 800 Mbps effective

Memory Configuration

Memory size 256 MB 128 MB
Memory type DDR2 GDDR3
Memory bus width 64 bit 128 bit
Bandwidth 4.256 GB/s 12.80 GB/s

Render Configuration

Pixel shaders 4 8
Vertex shaders 2 4
TMUs 4 8
ROPs 4 8

Performance

Pixel rate 1.808 GPixel/s 2.880 GPixel/s
Vertex rate 226.0 MVertices/s 360.0 MVertices/s
Texture rate 1.808 GTexel/s 2.880 GTexel/s

Dimensions & Outputs

Slot width Single-slot Single-slot
TDP 27 W 30 W
Suggested PSU 200 W 200 W
Outputs 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video 2x DVI1x S-Video
Power connectors None None
Length 198 mm 7.8 inches
Width 111 mm 4.4 inches
Board number P456

API Support & Features

DirectX 9.0c (9_3) 9.0c (9_3)
OpenGL 2.1 2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)
OpenCL
Vulkan
Shader model 3.0 3.0

Other Features

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