ATI Radeon 9550 vs Quadro P400

Place in the ranking	737	1516
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.92	no data
Power efficiency	10.04	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	R300 (2003−2008)
GPU code name	GP107	RV350
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	7 February 2017 (8 years ago)	1 October 2003 (21 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$119.99	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores	256	no data
Core clock speed	1228 MHz	250 MHz
Boost clock speed	1252 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	3,300 million	60 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	20.03	1.000
Floating-point processing power	0.641 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	16	4
TMUs	16	4
L1 Cache	96 KB	no data
L2 Cache	512 KB	no data

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	145 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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 type	GDDR5	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	64 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1002 MHz	200 MHz
Memory bandwidth	32.06 GB/s	6.4 GB/s

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 Connectors

3x mini-DisplayPort

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	9.0 (9_0)
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	6.1	-

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

Quadro P400 3.74
+4575%

ATI 9550 0.08

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Quadro P400 1654
+4765%

Samples: 896

ATI 9550 34
Samples: 180

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.74	0.08
Recency	7 February 2017	1 October 2003
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	64 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	130 nm

Quadro P400 has a 4575% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 828.6% more advanced lithography process.

The Quadro P400 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 9550 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro P400 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon 9550 is a desktop one.