GeForce G110M vs Quadro FX 5500
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1286 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 0.47 | no data |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | G71 | G96C |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 20 April 2006 (20 years ago) | 8 January 2009 (17 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $2,999 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
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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 | 16 |
| Core clock speed | 650 MHz | 400 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 278 million | 314 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 96 Watt | 14 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 15.60 | 3.200 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.032 TFLOPS |
| Gigaflops | no data | 48 |
| ROPs | 16 | 4 |
| TMUs | 24 | 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).
| Bus support | no data | PCI-E 2.0 |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 229 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 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 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | Up to 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 505 MHz | 500 (DDR2)/700 (GDDR3) MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 32.32 GB/s | 8 (DDR2)/11 (GDDR3) |
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 | DisplayPortDual Link DVIVGAHDMISingle Link DVI |
| Multi monitor support | no data | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
| Maximum VGA resolution | no data | 2048x1536 |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Power management | no data | 8.0 |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 20 April 2006 | 8 January 2009 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 96 Watt | 14 Watt |
GeForce G110M has an age advantage of 2 years, a 64% more advanced lithography process, and 586% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 5500 and GeForce G110M. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro FX 5500 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce G110M is a notebook one.
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