Matrox Millennium G550 PCIe vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 Mac Edition
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Condor | G80 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | G500 | Tesla |
| Foundry | UMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 180 nm | 90 nm |
| Number of transistors | 10 million | 681 million |
| Die size | unknown | 484 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Nov 26th, 2001 | Mar 5th, 2007 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | G Series | Quadro FX |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x1 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 5 in our database | 26 in our database |
| Launch price | 199 USD | 2,999 USD |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 125 MHz | 600 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 166 MHz 332 Mbps effective | 800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1440 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 32 MB | 1536 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 384 bit |
| Bandwidth | 2.656 GB/s | 76.80 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 2 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 1 | — |
| TMUs | 2 | 32 |
| ROPs | 2 | 24 |
| Shading units | — | 128 |
| SM count | — | 16 |
| Cache L2 | — | 96 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 250.0 MPixel/s | 14.40 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 31.25 MVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 250.0 MTexel/s | 38.40 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 368.6 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 112 mm 4.4 inches | 312 mm 12.3 inches |
| TDP | unknown | 171 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 450 W |
| Outputs | 2x DVI | 2x DVI |
| Width | 97 mm 3.8 inches | 111 mm 4.4 inches |
| Power connectors | — | 2x 6-pin |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 8.0 | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 1.5 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | — | 1.1 (1.0) |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Pixel shader | 1.3 | — |
| Vertex shader | 2.0 | — |
| CUDA | — | 1.0 |
| Shader model | — | 4.0 |
