ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v vs NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | M96 | GT218 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | TeraScale | Tesla 2.0 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 55 nm | 40 nm |
| Number of transistors | 514 million | 260 million |
| Die size | 146 mm² | 57 mm² |
| GPU variant | — | GT218-300-A2 |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | May 5th, 2010 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | M9x (Mobility HD 500v) | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | — |
| Reviews | 2 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | M8x | — |
| Successor | Manhattan | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 450 MHz | 589 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 600 MHz 1200 Mbps effective | 333 MHz 666 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1402 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 1024 MB | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | DDR2 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 64 bit |
| Bandwidth | 19.20 GB/s | 5.328 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 320 | 16 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 32 | 8 |
| ROPs | 8 | 4 |
| Compute units | 4 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | — |
| Cache L2 | 128 KB | 32 KB |
| SM count | — | 2 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 3.600 GPixel/s | 2.356 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 14.40 GTexel/s | 4.712 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 288.0 GFLOPS | 44.86 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| TDP | 10 W | 31 W |
|---|---|---|
| Outputs | No outputs | 1x DVI1x DisplayPort1x VGA |
| Slot width | — | Single-slot |
| Length | — | 168 mm 6.6 inches |
| Suggested PSU | — | 200 W |
| Power connectors | — | None |
| Board number | — | P691 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 10.1 (10_1) | 11.1 (10_1) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| CUDA | — | 1.2 |
Other Features
Graphics Card
| Release date | — | Nov 27th, 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 300 |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 200 |
| Successor | — | GeForce 400 |
