ATI Radeon X700 LE vs ATI X550

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1431not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRage 9 (2003−2006)R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code nameRV370RV410
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 July 2005 (19 years ago)21 December 2004 (19 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 transistors107 million120 million
Manufacturing process technology110 nm110 nm
Texture fill rate1.6003.200
ROPs48
TMUs48

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-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDRDDR
Maximum RAM amount128 MB128 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed250 MHz350 MHz
Memory bandwidth8 GB/s11.2 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.09.0b (9_2)
OpenGL2.02.0
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 July 2005 21 December 2004

ATI X550 has an age advantage of 6 months.

We couldn't decide between Radeon X550 and Radeon X700 LE. We've got no test results to judge.


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