Apple M1 7-Core GPU vs Matrox Millennium G550 PCIe

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)	no data
GPU code name	Condor	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	26 November 2001 (22 years ago)	10 November 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	no data

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	7
Core clock speed	125 MHz	1278 MHz
Number of transistors	10 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	5 nm
Texture fill rate	0.25	no data
ROPs	2	no data
TMUs	2	no data

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	no data
Length	112 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data

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	no data
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	no data
Memory bus width	64 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	166 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	2.656 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	no data	+

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 Connectors

2x DVI

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	8.0	no data
OpenGL	1.5	no data
OpenCL	N/A	no data
Vulkan	N/A	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	26 November 2001	10 November 2020
Chip lithography	180 nm	5 nm

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