3dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP vs Radeon 890M
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 253 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 100.00 | no data |
| Architecture | RDNA 3.5 (2024) | Voodoo Scalable (2000) |
| GPU code name | Strix Point | VSA-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 15 July 2024 (less than a year ago) | 22 June 2000 (24 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 | 1024 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 400 MHz | 166 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2900 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 34,000 million | 14 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 4 nm | 250 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 30 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 185.6 | 0.33 |
| Floating-point processing power | 5.939 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 32 | 2 |
| TMUs | 64 | 2 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 16 | 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).
| Laptop size | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | AGP 2x |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | System Shared | SDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 32 MB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 166 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 2.656 GB/s |
| 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 | Portable Device Dependent | 1x VGA |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 6.0 |
| Shader Model | 6.8 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 15 July 2024 | 22 June 2000 |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 250 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 30 Watt |
Radeon 890M has an age advantage of 24 years, a 6150% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon 890M and 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon 890M is a notebook card while 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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