Quadro FX 550 vs Radeon Vega 9 Mobile
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1485 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 0.38 |
| Architecture | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) | Curie (2003−2013) |
| GPU code name | Picasso | NV43 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 6 January 2019 (6 years ago) | 20 April 2006 (19 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 | 576 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 360 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1300 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 4,940 million | 146 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 110 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 30 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 46.80 | 2.880 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.498 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 8 | 4 |
| TMUs | 36 | 8 |
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 | IGP | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 198 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 | System Shared | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 400 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 12.8 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
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 | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 9.0c (9_3) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial) |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 6 January 2019 | 20 April 2006 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 110 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 30 Watt |
Vega 9 Mobile has an age advantage of 12 years, a 685.7% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon Vega 9 Mobile and Quadro FX 550. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon Vega 9 Mobile is a notebook graphics card while Quadro FX 550 is a workstation one.
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