GeForce 605 OEM vs Radeon HD 6550A
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 982 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 3.71 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) |
| GPU code name | Pinewood | GF119 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 7 February 2011 (14 years ago) | 2 April 2012 (13 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 | 480 | 48 |
| Core clock speed | 550 MHz | 523 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 627 million | 292 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 25 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 13.20 | 4.184 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.528 TFLOPS | 0.1004 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 4 |
| TMUs | 24 | 8 |
| L1 Cache | 48 KB | 64 KB |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | 128 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 | MXM-A (3.0) | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 145 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 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 | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 897 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | 14.35 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 | No outputs | 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 | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 2.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 February 2011 | 2 April 2012 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 512 MB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 25 Watt |
HD 6550A has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.
605 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 40% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6550A and GeForce 605 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 6550A is a notebook graphics card while GeForce 605 OEM is a desktop one.
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