Quadro FX 4600 vs FirePro D500
Aggregate performance score
We've compared FirePro D500 and Quadro FX 4600, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
FirePro D500 outperforms FX 4600 by a whopping 867% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 395 | 1045 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 2.79 | 0.04 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | Tahiti | G80 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 18 January 2014 (10 years ago) | 5 March 2007 (17 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $1,999 |
| Current price | $475 | $179 (0.1x MSRP) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
FirePro D500 has 6875% better value for money than FX 4600.
Detailed specifications
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 1536 | 96 |
| Core clock speed | 725 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 4,313 million | 681 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 274 Watt | 134 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 69.60 | 24.00 |
| Floating-point performance | 2,227 gflops | 230.4 gflops |
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 3.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | 279 mm | 229 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-pin |
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 | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 768 MB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 5080 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 243.8 GB/s | 67.2 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 | 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
| CUDA | no data | + |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 10.73 | 1.11 |
| Recency | 18 January 2014 | 5 March 2007 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 768 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 274 Watt | 134 Watt |
The FirePro D500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro FX 4600 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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