ATI Radeon 9800 PRO vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

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

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

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

Performance

3.040 GPixel/sPixel fillrate2.880 GPixel/s
380.0 MVertices/sVertex fillrate360.0 MVertices/s
3.040 GTexel/sTexture fillrate2.880 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

340 MHz
680 Mbps effective
Memory Clock400 MHz
800 Mbps effective
380 MHzGPU Clock360 MHz

Render Config

8TMUs8
8ROPs8
8Pixel Shaders8
4Vertex Shaders4

Board Design

Single-slotSlot WidthSingle-slot
215 mm
8.5 inches
Length198 mm
7.8 inches
108 mm
4.3 inches
Width111 mm
4.4 inches
47 WThermal design power (TDP)30 W
200 WSuggested PSU200 W
1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video
Display Connectors2x DVI
1x S-Video
1x MolexPower ConnectorsNone
A075Board NumberP456

API support

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