Matrox G550 vs Matrox G450

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	G400 (1999−2002)	G500 (2001−2005)
GPU code name	Condor	Condor
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	1 January 2001 (23 years ago)	1 January 2001 (23 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.

Core clock speed	125 MHz	125 MHz
Number of transistors	10 million	10 million
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	180 nm
Texture fill rate	0.25	0.25
ROPs	2	2
TMUs	2	2

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	PCI	AGP 4x
Length	150 mm	168 mm
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	DDR	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	32 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	332 MBps	332 MBps
Memory bandwidth	2.656 GB/s	2.656 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

1x DVI, 1x VGA

1x DVI, 1x VGA

API compatibility

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

DirectX	6.0	8.0
OpenGL	None	1.5
OpenCL	None	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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