Matrox G550 PCIe vs Radeon HD 7400G
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1269 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 2.91 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale 3 (2010−2013) | G500 (2001−2005) |
| GPU code name | Scrapper | Condor |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 2 October 2012 (13 years ago) | 13 July 2005 (21 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 | 192 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 327 MHz | 125 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 424 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,303 million | 10 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm | 180 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 17 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 5.088 | 0.25 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.1628 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 4 | 2 |
| TMUs | 12 | 2 |
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 | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | IGP | PCIe 1.0 x1 |
| Length | no data | 112 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
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 | System Shared | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 32 MB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 166 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 2.656 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | no data |
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 | No outputs | 2x DVI |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 8.0 |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 1.5 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 2 October 2012 | 13 July 2005 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 180 nm |
HD 7400G has an age advantage of 7 years, and a 463% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7400G and Matrox G550 PCIe. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 7400G is a notebook graphics card while Matrox G550 PCIe is a desktop one.
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