Matrox G550: specs and benchmarks
Summary
Matrox started G550 sales 1 January 2001. This is a desktop graphics card based on a G500 architecture and made with 180 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 32 MB of DDR memory clocked at 332 MBps are supplied, and together with 64 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 2.656 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is a single-slot graphics card attached via AGP 4x interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 168 mm.
Primary details
Some basic facts about Matrox G550: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
Place in the ranking | not rated | |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
Architecture | G500 (2001−2005) | |
GPU code name | Condor | |
Market segment | Desktop | |
Release date | 1 January 2001 (23 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Matrox G550's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Matrox G550's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
Core clock speed | 125 MHz | of 2670 MHz (Arc B580) |
Number of transistors | 10 million | of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB) |
Manufacturing process technology | 180 nm | of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V) |
Texture fill rate | 0.25 | of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
ROPs | 2 | of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX) |
TMUs | 2 | of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Matrox G550 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
Interface | AGP 4x | |
Length | 168 mm | |
Width | 1-slot |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on Matrox G550: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
Memory type | DDR | |
Maximum RAM amount | 32 MB | of 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X) |
Memory bus width | 64 Bit | of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
Memory clock speed | 332 MBps | of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile) |
Memory bandwidth | 2.656 GB/s | of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on Matrox G550. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA |
API compatibility
APIs supported by Matrox G550, sometimes including their particular versions.
DirectX | 8.0 | |
OpenGL | 1.5 | of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090) |
OpenCL | N/A | |
Vulkan | N/A |
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