Matrox Millennium G550 PCIe vs NVIDIA GeForce 6600 VE
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Condor | NV43 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | G500 | Curie |
| Foundry | UMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 180 nm | 110 nm |
| Number of transistors | 10 million | 146 million |
| Die size | unknown | 154 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Nov 26th, 2001 | 2005 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | G Series | GeForce 6 PCIe |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x1 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 5 in our database | 146 in our database |
| Launch price | 199 USD | — |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce PCX |
| Successor | — | GeForce 7 PCIe |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 125 MHz | 300 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 166 MHz 332 Mbps effective | 200 MHz 400 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 32 MB | 128 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 2.656 GB/s | 6.400 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 2 | 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 1 | 2 |
| TMUs | 2 | 4 |
| ROPs | 2 | 4 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 250.0 MPixel/s | 1.200 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 31.25 MVertices/s | 150.0 MVertices/s |
| Texture rate | 250.0 MTexel/s | 1.200 GTexel/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 112 mm 4.4 inches | — |
| TDP | unknown | unknown |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 200 W |
| Outputs | 2x DVI | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video |
| Width | 97 mm 3.8 inches | — |
| Power connectors | — | None |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 8.0 | 9.0c (9_3) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 1.5 | 2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial) |
| OpenCL | — | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Pixel shader | 1.3 | — |
| Vertex shader | 2.0 | — |
| Shader model | — | 3.0 |
