Quadro FX 540 vs FirePro D500
Aggregate performance score
We've compared FirePro D500 and Quadro FX 540, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
D500 outperforms FX 540 by a whopping 5062% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 427 | 1388 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 2.71 | 0.58 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2011−2020) | Curie (2003−2013) |
| GPU code name | Tahiti | NV43 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 18 January 2014 (10 years ago) | 9 August 2004 (20 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $299 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 cores | 1536 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 725 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 4,313 million | 146 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 110 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 274 Watt | 25 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 69.60 | 2.400 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.227 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 32 | 4 |
| TMUs | 96 | 8 |
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 | 198 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1270 MHz | 250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 243.8 GB/s | 8 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 | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 9.0c (9_3) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial) |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
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 | 10.84 | 0.21 |
| Recency | 18 January 2014 | 9 August 2004 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 128 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 110 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 274 Watt | 25 Watt |
FirePro D500 has a 5061.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 292.9% more advanced lithography process.
FX 540, on the other hand, has 996% lower power consumption.
The FirePro D500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro FX 540 in performance tests.
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