Radeon Pro 5500M vs GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated365
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data14.59
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameC79Navi 14
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date18 June 2008 (17 years ago)13 November 2019 (6 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 cores161536
Core clock speed450 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1450 MHz
Number of transistors314 million6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt85 Watt
Texture fill rate3.600139.2
Floating-point processing power0.0352 TFLOPS4.454 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs896
L2 Cacheno data2 MB

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 sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIPCIe 4.0 x8
WidthIGPno data
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeSystem SharedGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared8 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data192.0 GB/s
Shared memory+-
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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.5
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCLN/A2.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 June 2008 13 November 2019
Chip lithography 65 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 85 Watt

9300 + nForce 730i has 113% lower power consumption.

Pro 5500M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, and a 829% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i and Radeon Pro 5500M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i is a desktop graphics card while Radeon Pro 5500M is a mobile workstation one.

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