ATI Radeon HD 5550 vs NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Redwood | NV15 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Redwood PRO2 | GeForce2 GTS |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Celsius |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 150 nm |
| Number of transistors | 627 million | 25 million |
| Die size | 104 mm² | 88 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Feb 9th, 2010 | Apr 26th, 2000 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Evergreen | GeForce 2 |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | AGP 4x |
| Reviews | 29 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | Radeon R700 | GeForce 2 MX |
| Successor | Northern Islands | GeForce 3 |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 550 MHz | 200 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 800 MHz 3.2 Gbps effective | 166 MHz 332 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 512 MB | 32 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | DDR |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 51.20 GB/s | 5.312 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 320 | — |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 16 | 8 |
| ROPs | 8 | 4 |
| Compute units | 4 | — |
| Cache L1 | 8 KB (per CU) | — |
| Cache L2 | 256 KB | — |
| Pixel shaders | — | 4 |
| Vertex shaders | — | 0 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 4.400 GPixel/s | 800.0 MPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 8.800 GTexel/s | 1.600 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 352.0 GFLOPS | — |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 165 mm 6.5 inches | — |
| TDP | 39 W | unknown |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 200 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI1x VGA | 1x VGA |
| Power connectors | None | None |
| Board number | C021, C025, C029 | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 7.0 |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 1.5 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 5.0 | — |
| Pixel shader | — | 0.5 |
| Vertex shader | — | — |
