Matrox Millennium G550 PCIe vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Condor | NV35 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | G500 | Rankine |
| Foundry | UMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 180 nm | 130 nm |
| Number of transistors | 10 million | 135 million |
| Die size | unknown | 207 mm² |
| GPU variant | — | FX 5900 Ultra |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Nov 26th, 2001 | Oct 23rd, 2003 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | G Series | GeForce FX |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x1 | AGP 8x |
| Reviews | 5 in our database | 11 in our database |
| Launch price | 199 USD | 499 USD |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 4 Ti |
| Successor | — | GeForce 6 AGP |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 125 MHz | 450 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 166 MHz 332 Mbps effective | 425 MHz 850 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 32 MB | 256 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR | DDR |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 2.656 GB/s | 27.20 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 2 | 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 1 | 3 |
| TMUs | 2 | 8 |
| ROPs | 2 | 4 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 250.0 MPixel/s | 1.800 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 31.25 MVertices/s | 337.5 MVertices/s |
| Texture rate | 250.0 MTexel/s | 3.600 GTexel/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 112 mm 4.4 inches | 218 mm 8.6 inches |
| TDP | unknown | 59 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 250 W |
| Outputs | 2x DVI | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video |
| Width | 97 mm 3.8 inches | — |
| Power connectors | — | 1x Molex |
| Board number | — | P172 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 8.0 | 9.0a |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 1.5 | 1.5 (2.1) |
| OpenCL | — | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Pixel shader | 1.3 | 2.0a |
| Vertex shader | 2.0 | 2.0a |
