Matrox Millennium G550 vs FirePro W8100
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 364 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 5.70 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) | G500 (2001−2005) |
| GPU code name | Hawaii | Condor |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 23 June 2014 (11 years ago) | 26 November 2001 (24 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $199 |
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 | 2560 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 824 MHz | 125 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 6,200 million | 10 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 180 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 220 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 131.8 | 0.25 |
| Floating-point processing power | 4.219 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 64 | 2 |
| TMUs | 160 | 2 |
| L1 Cache | 640 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 1024 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).
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | AGP 4x |
| Length | 279 mm | 168 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Form factor | full height / full length | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 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 | GDDR5 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 32 MB |
| Memory bus width | 512 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | 166 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 320 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 | 4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI | 1x DVI, 1x VGA |
| StereoOutput3D | + | - |
| DisplayPort count | 4 | no data |
| Dual-link DVI support | + | - |
| HD сomponent video output | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 8.0 |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 1.5 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 23 June 2014 | 26 November 2001 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 32 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 180 nm |
FirePro W8100 has an age advantage of 12 years, a 25500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 543% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between FirePro W8100 and Matrox Millennium G550. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FirePro W8100 is a workstation graphics card while Matrox Millennium G550 is a desktop one.
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