GeForce2 MX vs ATI Radeon HD 5550

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1191	1615
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.82	no data
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	Redwood	NV11 A2
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	9 February 2010 (16 years ago)	28 June 2000 (26 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	320	no data
Core clock speed	550 MHz	175 MHz
Number of transistors	627 million	20 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	39 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	8.800	0.7
Floating-point processing power	0.352 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	8	2
TMUs	16	4
L1 Cache	32 KB	no data
L2 Cache	256 KB	no 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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	165 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
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	GDDR5	SDR
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	32 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	166 MHz
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s	2.656 GB/s

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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x VGA
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	7.0
Shader Model	5.0	no data
OpenGL	4.4	1.2
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	9 February 2010	28 June 2000
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	32 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	180 nm