ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 Mobile IGP vs ATI X550 XT

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureR400 (2004−2008)R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code nameRV410RS690
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date24 January 2007 (17 years ago)28 February 2007 (17 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.

Core clock speed400 MHz400 MHz
Number of transistors120 million120 million
Manufacturing process technology110 nm80 nm
Texture fill rate1.6001.600
ROPs44
TMUs44

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount128 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed300 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth9.6 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0b (9_2)9.0b (9_2)
OpenGL2.02.0
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 January 2007 28 February 2007
Chip lithography 110 nm 80 nm

ATI Xpress 1250 Mobile IGP has an age advantage of 1 month, and a 37.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon X550 XT and Radeon Xpress 1250 Mobile IGP. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon X550 XT is a desktop card while Radeon Xpress 1250 Mobile IGP is a notebook one.


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