GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 12 GB vs Matrox Millennium G550
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) | Turing (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | Condor | TU102 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 26 November 2001 (22 years ago) | 12 October 2022 (2 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 | 4608 |
| Core clock speed | 125 MHz | 1350 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1635 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 10 million | 18,600 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 180 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 250 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 0.25 | 470.9 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 15.07 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 2 | 96 |
| TMUs | 2 | 288 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 576 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 72 |
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 | AGP 4x | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 168 mm | 267 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 2x 8-pin |
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 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 32 MB | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 166 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 2.656 GB/s | 768.0 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 Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA | 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 8.0 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 1.5 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 7.5 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 26 November 2001 | 12 October 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 32 MB | 12 GB |
| Chip lithography | 180 nm | 12 nm |
RTX 2080 Ti 12 GB has an age advantage of 20 years, a 38300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1400% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Matrox Millennium G550 and GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 12 GB. We've got no test results to judge.
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