ATI Radeon HD 5550 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Redwood | G92 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Redwood PRO2 | G92-875-A2 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Tesla |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 65 nm |
| Number of transistors | 627 million | 754 million |
| Die size | 104 mm² | 324 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Feb 9th, 2010 | Jan 8th, 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Evergreen | Quadro FX |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 29 in our database | 26 in our database |
| Predecessor | Radeon R700 | — |
| Successor | Northern Islands | — |
| Launch price | — | 1,599 USD |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 550 MHz | 500 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 800 MHz 3.2 Gbps effective | 800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1250 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 512 MB | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 51.20 GB/s | 51.20 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 320 | 112 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 16 | 56 |
| ROPs | 8 | 16 |
| Compute units | 4 | — |
| Cache L1 | 8 KB (per CU) | — |
| Cache L2 | 256 KB | 64 KB |
| SM count | — | 14 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 4.400 GPixel/s | 8.000 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 8.800 GTexel/s | 28.00 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 352.0 GFLOPS | 280.0 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 165 mm 6.5 inches | 267 mm 10.5 inches |
| TDP | 39 W | 78 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 250 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI1x VGA | 2x DVI1x S-Video |
| Power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin |
| Board number | C021, C025, C029 | P393 |
| Width | — | 111 mm 4.4 inches |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| CUDA | — | 1.1 |
