Matrox G550 vs HD Graphics 3000
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1266 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 99 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Generation 6.0 (2011) | G500 (2001−2005) |
| GPU code name | Sandy Bridge GT2+ | Condor |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 February 2011 (15 years ago) | 1 January 2001 (25 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 | 96 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 650 MHz | 125 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1300 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,160 million | 10 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm | 180 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | unknown | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 15.60 | 0.25 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.2496 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 2 | 2 |
| TMUs | 12 | 2 |
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 | Ring Bus | AGP 4x |
| Length | no data | 168 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-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 type | System Shared | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 32 MB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 332 MBps |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 2.656 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | no data |
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 | Portable Device Dependent | 1x DVI, 1x VGA |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_1) | 8.0 |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 3.1 | 1.5 |
| OpenCL | N/A | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 February 2011 | 1 January 2001 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 180 nm |
HD Graphics 3000 has an age advantage of 10 years, and a 463% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 3000 and Matrox G550. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that HD Graphics 3000 is a notebook graphics card while Matrox G550 is a desktop one.
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