ATI Radeon X1550 PCI vs GeForce 9650M GT

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1346not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.09no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ultra-Threaded SE (2005−2007)
GPU code nameG96CRV516
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date19 August 2008 (17 years ago)2007 (18 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores32no data
Core clock speed550 MHz452 MHz
Number of transistors314 million105 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt27 Watt
Texture fill rate8.8001.808
Floating-point processing power0.0848 TFLOPSno data
ROPs84
TMUs164

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfaceMXM-IIPCI
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR3DDR2
Maximum RAM amount256 MB256 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz532 MBps
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s4.256 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Maximum VGA resolution1920x1200no data

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model4.03.0
OpenGL3.32.1
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 55 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 27 Watt

9650M GT has a 63.6% more advanced lithography process, and 17.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9650M GT and Radeon X1550 PCI. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9650M GT is a notebook graphics card while Radeon X1550 PCI is a desktop one.

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