NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT vs ATI Radeon HD 5550

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT $160
ATI Radeon HD 5550 $70
112 Shaders
1GB GDDR3
600MHz
320 Shaders
512MB GDDR3
550MHz
Peak AI Performance
0.34 TOPS
INT32
Peak AI Performance
350 GFLOPS
FP32
FP32
340 GFLOPS
FP32
350 GFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.0-Slots
TDP
125W
TDP
39W
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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Peak AI Performance

  • 3% slower vs Radeon HD 5550
  • 3% faster vs GeForce 9800 GT
GeForce 9800 GT - 0.34 TOPS INT32
x1
Radeon HD 5550 - 350 GFLOPS FP32
x1.03

FP32

  • 3% slower vs Radeon HD 5550
  • 3% faster vs GeForce 9800 GT
GeForce 9800 GT - 340 GFLOPS FP32
x1
Radeon HD 5550 - 350 GFLOPS FP32
x1.03
  • 2.25x faster vs Radeon HD 5550
  • 56% slower vs GeForce 9800 GT
GeForce 9800 GT - 57.6GB/s
x2.25
Radeon HD 5550 - 25.6GB/s
x1
  • 221% higher vs Radeon HD 5550
  • 69% lower vs GeForce 9800 GT
GeForce 9800 GT - 125W
x3.21
Radeon HD 5550 - 39W
x1
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
ATI
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
ATI
Architecture
Tesla
Architecture
TeraScale 2
Family
GeForce 9000
Family
Radeon HD 5000
Codename
NV92
G92
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-
Codename
Redwood
RV830
Variant
Redwood LE
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
7/1/2008
Release Date
2/9/2010
Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
TSMC
Fabrication Node
65nm
Fabrication Node
40nm
Die Size
324 mm²
Die Size
104 mm²
Transistor Count
754 Million
Transistor Count
627 Million
Transistor Density
2.33M/mm²
Transistor Density
6.03M/mm²
Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
112 Shaders
Shading Units
320 Shaders
Texture Mapping Units
56 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
16 TMUs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
Render Output Units
8 ROPs
Streaming Multiprocessors
14 SMs
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-
-
-
Compute Units
4 CUs
1500MHz Shader
600MHz
-
550MHz
Peak AI Performance
0.34 TOPS
INT32
Peak AI Performance
350 GFLOPS
FP32
FP32
340 GFLOPS
FP32
350 GFLOPS
INT32
0.34 TOPS
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-
Pixel Fillrate
9.6 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
4.4 GPixel/s
Texture Fillrate
33.6 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
8.8 GTexel/s
L1
-
Unknown
L1
8KB/CU
-
L2
64KB Shared
L2
256KB Shared
1GB
GDDR3
512MB
GDDR3
Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
900MHz
Transfer Rate
1.8GT/s
Bandwidth
57.6GB/s
Clock
800MHz
Transfer Rate
1.6GT/s
Bandwidth
25.6GB/s
TDP
125W
TDP
39W
-
1x S-Video
2x DVI-I Dual-Link
-
1x VGA
-
1x DVI-I Dual-Link
1x HDMI 1.3
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
2
Multi Monitor Support
2
No Encoders
No Encoders
No Decoders
Model
UVD 2.2
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-
Codec
VC-1
AVC (H.264)
Direct X
11
Direct 3D
10_0
Direct X
11
Direct 3D
11_0
OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
OpenCL
1.2
Shader Model
4.0
CUDA
1.1
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-
PureVideo HD
VP2
VDPAU
Feature Set A
Shader Model
5.0
-
-
GFX
4
-
-
-
-
1x Fan
1x Fan
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
-
-
Slots Required
1.0
PCIe Version
2.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
1.0
PCIe Version
2.1
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
2-way SLI
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-
-
-
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
229 mm (9.02 in)
Depth
20 mm (0.79 in)
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