Radeon 550X vs ATI 9000

Place in the ranking	1514	717
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.02	4.98
Architecture	Rage 7 (2001−2006)	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	RV250	Lexa
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	1 July 2002 (22 years ago)	27 March 2019 (5 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 cores	no data	512
Core clock speed	250 MHz	1082 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1218 MHz
Number of transistors	36 million	2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	28 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	1.000	38.98
Floating-point processing power	no data	1.247 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	16
TMUs	4	32

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	AGP 4x	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	no data	145 mm
Width	1-slot	2-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	DDR	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	200 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB/s	112.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	8.1	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	no data	6.4
OpenGL	1.4	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

ATI 9000 0.01

Radeon 550X 3.63
+36200%

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.

ATI 9000 4

Radeon 550X 1398
+34850%

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	0.01	3.63
Recency	1 July 2002	27 March 2019
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	2 GB
Chip lithography	150 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	28 Watt	50 Watt

ATI 9000 has 78.6% lower power consumption.

Radeon 550X, on the other hand, has a 36200% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 16 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 971.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon 550X is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 9000 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.