AMD Radeon HD 6550D vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6550D and NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6550D
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
- Around 67% higher pipelines: 400 vs 240
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 55 nm
- Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 131 vs 80
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 30 June 2011 vs 11 November 2008 |
Pipelines | 400 vs 240 |
Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm vs 55 nm |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 131 vs 80 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3324 vs 3319 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3324 vs 3319 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800
- Around 2% higher core clock speed: 610 MHz vs 600 MHz
- 3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1210 vs 401
- 13.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18229 vs 1316
Specifications (specs) | |
Core clock speed | 610 MHz vs 600 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 1210 vs 401 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 18229 vs 1316 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6550D
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Geekbench - OpenCL |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | AMD Radeon HD 6550D | NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 401 | 1210 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 131 | 80 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 1316 | 18229 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 1382 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 1382 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 1975 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1975 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3324 | 3319 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3324 | 3319 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon HD 6550D | NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Terascale 2 | Tesla 2.0 |
Code name | Llano | GT200B |
Launch date | 30 June 2011 | 11 November 2008 |
Place in performance rating | 1237 | 1240 |
Type | Desktop | Workstation |
Launch price (MSRP) | $3,499 | |
Price now | $178.89 | |
Value for money (0-100) | 8.02 | |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 610 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm | 55 nm |
Pipelines | 400 | 240 |
Transistor count | 1000 Million | 1,400 million |
Floating-point performance | 622.1 gflops | |
Texture fill rate | 48.8 GTexel / s | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 189 Watt | |
API support |
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DirectX | 11 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 3.3 | |
Memory |
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Shared memory | 1 | |
Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | |
Memory bandwidth | 102.4 GB / s | |
Memory bus width | 512 Bit | |
Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz | |
Memory type | GDDR3 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | |
Length | 267 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |