RTX 4000 Ada Generation Mobile vs ATI Mobility Radeon 9550

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated35
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data27.54
ArchitectureRage 9 (2003−2006)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameM12no data
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date1 June 2004 (20 years ago)21 March 2023 (1 year 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.

Pipelines / CUDA cores67424
Core clock speed250 MHzno data
Boost clock speed210 MHzno data
Number of transistors76 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology130 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data150 Watt (60 - 150 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate1.000no data
ROPs4no data
TMUs4no data

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedlarge
InterfaceAGP 4xno 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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount64 MB12 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed243 MHz16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth3.888 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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.012 Ultimate
OpenGL2.0no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 June 2004 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 12 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 5 nm

RTX 4000 Ada Generation Mobile has an age advantage of 18 years, a 19100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2500% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Mobility Radeon 9550 and RTX 4000 Ada Generation Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon 9550 is a notebook graphics card while RTX 4000 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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ATI Mobility Radeon 9550
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