CMP 40HX vs ATI Radeon 9550 XT

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated286
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data11.10
Power efficiencyno data8.80
ArchitectureRage 8 (2002−2007)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameRV350TU106
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date4 May 2005 (20 years ago)25 February 2021 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$699

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 coresno data2304
Core clock speed425 MHz1470 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1650 MHz
Number of transistors60 million10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data185 Watt
Texture fill rate1.700237.6
Floating-point processing powerno data7.603 TFLOPS
ROPs464
TMUs4144
Tensor Coresno data288
Ray Tracing Coresno data36
L1 Cacheno data2.3 MB
L2 Cacheno data4 MB

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 1.0 x4
Lengthno data229 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount128 MB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed325 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth10.4 GB/s448.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX9.0 (9_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGL2.04.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-7.5
DLSS-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 May 2005 25 February 2021
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 12 nm

CMP 40HX has an age advantage of 15 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 983.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 9550 XT and CMP 40HX. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon 9550 XT is a desktop graphics card while CMP 40HX is a workstation one.

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