Radeon Pro 570 vs ATI 9550 XT
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 327 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 10.05 |
| Architecture | Rage 8 (2002−2007) | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) |
| GPU code name | RV350 | Polaris 20 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 4 May 2005 (19 years ago) | 5 June 2017 (7 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.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | no data | 1792 |
| Core clock speed | 425 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1105 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 60 million | 5,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 120 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1.700 | 123.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 3.96 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 32 |
| TMUs | 4 | 112 |
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).
| Interface | AGP 8x | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 type | DDR | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 325 MHz | 1695 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 10.4 GB/s | 217.0 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 Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0 (9_0) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 2.0 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 4 May 2005 | 5 June 2017 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 14 nm |
Pro 570 has an age advantage of 12 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 828.6% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon 9550 XT and Radeon Pro 570. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon 9550 XT is a desktop card while Radeon Pro 570 is a mobile workstation one.
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