ATI Radeon X700 SE vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

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Graphics Processor

GPU model RV410 NV43
GPU variant RV410 SE (215SCAAKA12F) NV43 GL
Architecture R400 Curie
Foundry TSMC TSMC
Manufacturing process 110 nm 110 nm
Number of transistors 120 million 146 million
Die size 156 mm² 154 mm²

Graphics Card

Release date Apr 1st, 2005 Apr 20th, 2006
Generation Radeon R400 PCIe Quadro FX
Production End-of-life End-of-life
Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Reviews 58 in our database 26 in our database
Predecessor Radeon R300
Successor Radeon R500 PCIe

Clocks

GPU clock 400 MHz 360 MHz
Memory clock 250 MHz 500 Mbps effective 400 MHz 800 Mbps effective

Memory Configuration

Memory size 128 MB 128 MB
Memory type DDR GDDR3
Memory bus width 64 bit 128 bit
Bandwidth 4.000 GB/s 12.80 GB/s

Render Configuration

Pixel shaders 4 8
Vertex shaders 6 4
TMUs 4 8
ROPs 4 8

Performance

Pixel rate 1.600 GPixel/s 2.880 GPixel/s
Vertex rate 600.0 MVertices/s 360.0 MVertices/s
Texture rate 1.600 GTexel/s 2.880 GTexel/s

Dimensions & Outputs

Slot width Single-slot Single-slot
TDP unknown 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 9.0b (9_2) 9.0c (9_3)
OpenGL 2.0 2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)
OpenCL
Vulkan
Pixel shader 2.0b
Vertex shader 2.0b
Shader model 3.0

Other Features

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