GeForce 7950 GX2 and Arc A550M - video card comparison
GeForce 7950 GX2
Arc A550M
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Xe HPG (2020−2022)
GPU code name
G71
Alchemist
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
June 2006
March 2022
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
-
Boost clock speed
-
2005 MHz
Core clock speed
500 MHz
900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
90 nm
6 nm
Number of transistors
278 million
21,700 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
-
16
Power consumption (TDP)
110 Watt
80 Watt (60 - 80 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate
12.00
115.2
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
8 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1200 MHz
14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
38.4 GB/s
192.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
No outputs
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL
N/A
3.0
OpenGL
2.1
4.6
Shader Model
3.0
6.6
Vulkan
N/A
1.3