ION vs Quadro FX 5500 SDI

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	1427
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	1.04
Architecture	Curie (2003−2013)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	G71	C79
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	20 April 2006 (20 years ago)	18 June 2008 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$6,999	no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	no data	16
Core clock speed	650 MHz	450 MHz
Number of transistors	278 million	314 million
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	104 Watt	20 Watt
Texture fill rate	15.60	3.600
Floating-point processing power	no data	0.0352 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	4
TMUs	24	8
L2 Cache	no data	32 KB

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 1.0 x16	PCI
Length	229 mm	no data
Width	3-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	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	GDDR3	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	256 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	505 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	32.32 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors

3x DVI, 1x S-Video

Portable Device Dependent

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	9.0c (9_3)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	3.0	4.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
OpenCL	N/A	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	20 April 2006	18 June 2008
Chip lithography	90 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	104 Watt	20 Watt