ATI Radeon HD 3450 X2 vs Matrox G550 PCIe
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | G500 (2001−2005) | TeraScale (2005−2013) |
| GPU code name | Condor | RV620 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 13 July 2005 (20 years ago) | 10 December 2007 (18 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 | 40 ×2 |
| Core clock speed | 125 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 10 million | 181 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 180 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 0.25 | 2.400 ×2 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.048 TFLOPS ×2 |
| ROPs | 2 | 4 ×2 |
| TMUs | 2 | 4 ×2 |
| L2 Cache | no data | 64 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).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x1 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 112 mm | 168 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 1-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 | DDR | DDR2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 32 MB | 512 MB ×2 |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit ×2 |
| Memory clock speed | 166 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 2.656 GB/s | 8 GB/s ×2 |
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 | 2x DVI | 2x DMS-59 |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 8.0 | 10.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 1.5 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | N/A | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 13 July 2005 | 10 December 2007 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 32 MB | 512 MB |
| Chip lithography | 180 nm | 55 nm |
ATI HD 3450 X2 has an age advantage of 2 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 227.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Matrox G550 PCIe and Radeon HD 3450 X2. We've got no test results to judge.
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