HD Graphics 5500 vs GeForce 7900 GTO
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 972 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 7.00 |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | Generation 8.0 (2014−2015) |
| GPU code name | G71 | Broadwell GT2 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 October 2006 (18 years ago) | 5 September 2014 (10 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | no data | 192 |
| Core clock speed | 650 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 850 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 278 million | 1,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 81 Watt | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 15.60 | 20.40 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.3264 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 3 |
| TMUs | 24 | 24 |
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 1.0 x16 | Ring Bus |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 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 | GDDR3 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 660 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 42.24 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
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 | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | Portable Device Dependent |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 October 2006 | 5 September 2014 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 81 Watt | 15 Watt |
HD Graphics 5500 has an age advantage of 7 years, a 542.9% more advanced lithography process, and 440% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 7900 GTO and HD Graphics 5500. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 7900 GTO is a desktop card while HD Graphics 5500 is a notebook one.
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