GeForce 256 DDR and GeForce MX550 - video card comparison

GeForce 256 DDR

GeForce MX550

Architecture

Celsius (1999−2005)

Turing (2018−2021)

GPU code name

NV10 A3

GN18-S5

Market segment

Desktop

Laptop

Release date

December 1999

December 2021

Interface

AGP 4x

PCIe 4.0 x8

Supplementary power connectors

None

None

Boost clock speed

-

1320 MHz

Core clock speed

120 MHz

-

Manufacturing process technology

220 nm

12 nm

Number of transistors

17 million

4,700 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

-

1024

Power consumption (TDP)

-

15-25 Watt

Texture fill rate

0.48

42.24

Memory type

DDR

GDDR6

Maximum RAM amount

32 MB

2 GB

Memory bus width

128 Bit

64 Bit

Memory clock speed

300 MHz

12000 MHz

Memory bandwidth

4.8 GB/s

96 GB/s

Shared memory

-

-

Display Connectors

1x VGA

No outputs

DirectX

7.0

12 (12_1)

CUDA

-

7.5

OpenCL

N/A

3.0

OpenGL

1.2

4.6

Shader Model

-

6.6

Vulkan

N/A

1.2

Optimus

-

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