Quadro P620 vs ATI Radeon 9550 XT
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 468 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 16.45 |
| Architecture | Rage 8 (2002−2007) | Pascal (2016−2021) |
| GPU code name | RV350 | GP107 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 4 May 2005 (19 years ago) | 1 February 2018 (6 years ago) |
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 | 512 |
| Core clock speed | 425 MHz | 1177 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1443 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 60 million | 3,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 40 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1.700 | 46.18 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 1.478 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 16 |
| TMUs | 4 | 32 |
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 8x | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 145 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | IGP |
| 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 | DDR | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 325 MHz | 1502 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 10.4 GB/s | 96.13 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 | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0 (9_0) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 2.0 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | - | 6.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 4 May 2005 | 1 February 2018 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 14 nm |
Quadro P620 has an age advantage of 12 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 828.6% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon 9550 XT and Quadro P620. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon 9550 XT is a desktop card while Quadro P620 is a workstation one.
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