3dfx Voodoo5 5500 PCI vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4530
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1336 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | TeraScale (2005−2013) | Voodoo Scalable (2000) |
| GPU code name | M92 | VSA-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 9 January 2009 (16 years ago) | 22 June 2000 (25 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $299 |
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 | 80 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 166 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 242 million | 14 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 250 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 30 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 4.000 | 0.33 ×2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.08 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 4 | 2 ×2 |
| TMUs | 8 | 2 ×2 |
| L1 Cache | 16 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 64 KB | 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 | MXM-II | PCI |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x Molex |
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 | GDDR3 | SDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 32 MB ×2 |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit ×2 |
| Memory clock speed | 700 MHz | 166 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 11.2 GB/s | 2.656 GB/s ×2 |
| 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 | No outputs | 1x VGA |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.1 (10_1) | 6.0 |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 9 January 2009 | 22 June 2000 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 32 MB |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 250 nm |
ATI Mobility HD 4530 has an age advantage of 8 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 354.5% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Mobility Radeon HD 4530 and 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 PCI. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 4530 is a notebook graphics card while 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 PCI is a desktop one.
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