Matrox G550 PCIe vs GeForce GTX 760A

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking747not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.03no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)G500 (2001−2005)
GPU code nameGK106Condor
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date17 March 2014 (10 years ago)13 July 2005 (19 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 cores768no data
Core clock speed628 MHz125 MHz
Boost clock speed657 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,540 million10 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Wattno data
Texture fill rate42.050.25
Floating-point processing power1.009 TFLOPSno data
ROPs162
TMUs642

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x1
Lengthno data112 mm
Widthno data1-slot

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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount2 GB32 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1002 MHz166 MHz
Memory bandwidth64.13 GB/s2.656 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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DVI

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)8.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.61.5
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA3.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 March 2014 13 July 2005
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 32 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 180 nm

GTX 760A has an age advantage of 8 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 760A and Matrox G550 PCIe. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 760A is a notebook card while Matrox G550 PCIe is a desktop one.


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