GeForce FX 5500 PCI vs GT 330M

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1207not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.76no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code nameGT216NV34 B1
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date10 January 2010 (14 years ago)17 March 2004 (20 years 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 cores48no data
Core clock speed625 MHz270 MHz
Number of transistors486 million45 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Wattno data
Texture fill rate10.001.080
Floating-point processing power0.06528 TFLOPSno data
Gigaflops182no data
ROPs84
TMUs164

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)PCI
Lengthno data165 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount1 GB256 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedUp to 1066 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz200 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.28 GB/s6.4 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsHDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIVGADisplayPort1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power management8.0no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_1)9.0a
Shader Model4.1no data
OpenGL2.11.5 (2.1)
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 January 2010 17 March 2004
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 150 nm

GT 330M has an age advantage of 5 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 275% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 330M and GeForce FX 5500 PCI. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 330M is a notebook card while GeForce FX 5500 PCI is a desktop one.


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