ATI Mobility FireGL V5725 vs Quadro FX 550
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1502 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 0.39 | no data |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | RV6xx (2008−2010) |
| GPU code name | NV43 | M86GL |
| Market segment | Workstation | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 20 April 2006 (20 years ago) | 1 January 2009 (17 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. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | no data | 120 |
| Core clock speed | 360 MHz | 680 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 146 million | 378 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 110 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 30 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 2.880 | 5.440 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.1632 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 4 |
| TMUs | 8 | 8 |
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 size | no data | medium sized |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 198 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no 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 type | GDDR3 | no data |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 400 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 12.8 GB/s | 25.6 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 10.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial) | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | N/A | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 20 April 2006 | 1 January 2009 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 256 MB |
| Chip lithography | 110 nm | 55 nm |
ATI Mobility FireGL V5725 has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 550 and Mobility FireGL V5725. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro FX 550 is a workstation graphics card while Mobility FireGL V5725 is a mobile workstation one.
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