3dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP vs Radeon RX 6500M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	354	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	27.08	no data
Architecture	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025)	Voodoo Scalable (2000)
GPU code name	Navi 24	VSA-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	4 January 2022 (4 years ago)	22 June 2000 (26 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$299

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	1024	no data
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	166 MHz
Boost clock speed	2400 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5,400 million	14 million
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	250 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	30 Watt
Texture fill rate	153.6	0.33 ×2
Floating-point processing power	4.915 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	2 ×2
TMUs	64	2 ×2
Ray Tracing Cores	16	no data
L0 Cache	256 KB	no data
L1 Cache	256 KB	no data
L2 Cache	1024 KB	no data
L3 Cache	16 MB	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).

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	AGP 2x
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex

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	GDDR6	SDR
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	32 MB ×2
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit ×2
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz	166 MHz
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB/s	2.656 GB/s ×2
Shared memory	-	no data
Resizable BAR	+	-

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

1x VGA

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	6.0
Shader Model	6.6	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.1
OpenCL	2.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.3	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	4 January 2022	22 June 2000
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	32 MB
Chip lithography	6 nm	250 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	30 Watt