Radeon 550 vs ATI Rage 128 PRO Ultra

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated609
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data4.37
Power efficiencyno data7.49
ArchitectureRage 4 (1998−1999)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameRage 4 PROLexa
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 August 1999 (25 years ago)20 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$79

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 coresno data512
Core clock speed130 MHz1100 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1183 MHz
Number of transistors8 million2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology250 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data50 Watt
Texture fill rate0.2637.86
Floating-point processing powerno data1.211 TFLOPS
ROPs216
TMUs232

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).

InterfaceAGP 4xPCIe 3.0 x8
Lengthno data145 mm
Width1-slot2-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 typeSDRGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount32 MB2 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed130 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth1.04 GB/s56 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 VGA1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0b, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX6.012 (12_0)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGL1.24.6
OpenCLN/A2.1
VulkanN/A1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 August 1999 20 April 2017
Maximum RAM amount 32 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 250 nm 14 nm

Radeon 550 has an age advantage of 17 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1685.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Rage 128 PRO Ultra and Radeon 550. We've got no test results to judge.


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ATI Rage 128 PRO Ultra
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