ATI Radeon 9800 XXL vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

What is the difference between ATI Radeon 9800 XXL and NVIDIA Quadro FX 550. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Benchmarks

72PassMark G3D64
187PassMark G2D325

Graphics Processor (GPU)

R360GPU NameNV43
R360
(215R9RBKA11F)
Model numberNV43 GL
Rage 9ArchitectureCurie
TSMCFoundryTSMC
150 nmProcess Size110 nm
117 millionTransistors146 million
218 mm²Die Size154 mm²

Graphics Card

Oct 1st, 2003Release DateApr 20th, 2006
Radeon R300
(9800)
FamilyQuadro FX
(x500)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
AGP 8xBus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

128 MBMemory Size128 MB
DDRMemory TypeGDDR3
256 bitMemory Bus128 bit
21.63 GB/sBandwidth12.80 GB/s

Performance

3.120 GPixel/sPixel fillrate2.880 GPixel/s
390.0 MVertices/sVertex fillrate360.0 MVertices/s
3.120 GTexel/sTexture fillrate2.880 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

338 MHz
676 Mbps effective
Memory Clock400 MHz
800 Mbps effective
390 MHzGPU Clock360 MHz

Render Config

8TMUs8
8ROPs8
8Pixel Shaders8
4Vertex Shaders4

Board Design

Single-slotSlot WidthSingle-slot
unknownThermal design power (TDP)30 W
200 WSuggested PSU200 W
2x VGA
1x S-Video
Display Connectors2x DVI
1x S-Video
FloppyPower ConnectorsNone
A069Board NumberP456

API support

9.0DirectX9.0c (9_3)
2.0OpenGL2.0 (full)
2.1 (partial)
N/AOpenCLN/A
N/AVulkanN/A