Data Center GPU Max 1550 vs FirePro A300
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 3 (2010−2013) | Generation 12.5 (2021−2023) |
| GPU code name | Trinity GL | Ponte Vecchio |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 6 June 2012 (12 years ago) | 10 January 2023 (1 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 384 | 16384 |
| Core clock speed | 760 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 905 MHz | 1600 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,303 million | 100,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 600 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 21.72 | 1,638 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.695 TFLOPS | 52.43 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | no data |
| TMUs | 24 | 1024 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 1024 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 128 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Width | IGP | OAM Module |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | System Shared | HBM2e |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 128 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 8192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1600 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 3,277 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 6 June 2012 | 10 January 2023 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 600 Watt |
FirePro A300 has 823.1% lower power consumption.
Data Center GPU Max 1550, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between FirePro A300 and Data Center GPU Max 1550. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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