Radeon 550 vs GeForce G110M
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 677 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 4.37 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 7.84 |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) |
| GPU code name | G96C | Lexa |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 8 January 2009 (17 years ago) | 20 April 2017 (8 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $79 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 16 | 512 |
| Core clock speed | 400 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1183 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 314 million | 2,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 14 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 3.200 | 37.86 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.032 TFLOPS | 1.211 TFLOPS |
| Gigaflops | 48 | no data |
| ROPs | 4 | 16 |
| TMUs | 8 | 32 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 128 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 256 KB |
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 | PCI-E 2.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Length | no data | 145 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | Up to 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 500 (DDR2)/700 (GDDR3) MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 8 (DDR2)/11 (GDDR3) | 56 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 | DisplayPortDual Link DVIVGAHDMISingle Link DVI | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0b, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| Multi monitor support | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | + |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Power management | 8.0 | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 8 January 2009 | 20 April 2017 |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 14 Watt | 50 Watt |
GeForce G110M has 257% lower power consumption.
Radeon 550, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, and a 293% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce G110M and Radeon 550. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce G110M is a notebook graphics card while Radeon 550 is a desktop one.
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