ATI Radeon HD 5550 vs Quadro NVS 440
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Quadro NVS 440 with Radeon HD 5550, including specs and performance data.
HD 5550 outperforms NVS 440 by a whopping 922% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1525 | 1179 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 0.22 | 1.82 |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | NV43 A4 | Redwood |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 14 February 2006 (20 years ago) | 9 February 2010 (16 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $96.99 | 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 | 320 |
| Core clock speed | 250 MHz | 550 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 146 million | 627 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 110 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 31 Watt | 39 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 2.000 ×2 | 8.800 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.352 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 ×2 | 8 |
| TMUs | 8 ×2 | 16 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 32 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 256 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 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 187 mm | 165 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB ×2 | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit ×2 | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 250 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 8 GB/s ×2 | 51.2 GB/s |
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 DMS-59 | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Synthetic benchmarks
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.09 | 0.92 |
| Recency | 14 February 2006 | 9 February 2010 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 110 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 31 Watt | 39 Watt |
NVS 440 has 26% lower power consumption.
ATI HD 5550, on the other hand, has a 922% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 175% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon HD 5550 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro NVS 440 in performance tests.
Be aware that Quadro NVS 440 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon HD 5550 is a desktop one.
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