Quadro FX 550M vs FirePro S9300 X2
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 3.0 (2014−2019) | Curie (2003−2013) |
| GPU code name | Capsaicin | G73 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 31 March 2016 (8 years ago) | 13 March 2006 (18 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $5,999 | no data |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 4096 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz | 480 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 8,900 million | 177 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 35 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 217.6 | 5.760 |
| Floating-point processing power | 6.963 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 64 | 8 |
| TMUs | 256 | 12 |
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 3.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-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 | HBM | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 4096 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 500 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 512.0 GB/s | 16 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 9.0c (9_3) |
| Shader Model | 6.0 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 31 March 2016 | 13 March 2006 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 512 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 35 Watt |
S9300 X2 has an age advantage of 10 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.
FX 550M, on the other hand, has 757.1% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between FirePro S9300 X2 and Quadro FX 550M. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FirePro S9300 X2 is a workstation card while Quadro FX 550M is a mobile workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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