Quadro T1200 Mobile vs ATI Radeon X550

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated285
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data75.24
ArchitectureRage 9 (2003−2006)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameRV370TU117
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date1 July 2005 (19 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 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 coresno data1024
Core clock speed400 MHz855 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1425 MHz
Number of transistors107 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology110 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data18 Watt
Texture fill rate1.60091.20
Floating-point processing powerno data2.918 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs464

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 sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 amount128 MB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed250 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth8 GB/s160.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.012 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGL2.04.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA-7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 July 2005 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 110 nm 12 nm

T1200 Mobile has an age advantage of 15 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 816.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon X550 and Quadro T1200 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon X550 is a desktop card while Quadro T1200 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


ATI Radeon X550
Radeon X550
NVIDIA Quadro T1200 Mobile
Quadro T1200 Mobile

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


2.9 43 votes

Rate Radeon X550 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
3.9 141 vote

Rate Quadro T1200 Mobile on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.