Quadro FX 5500 SDI vs FirePro D500
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 488 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 2.77 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | Curie (2003−2013) |
| GPU code name | Tahiti | G71 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 18 January 2014 (12 years ago) | 20 April 2006 (19 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $6,999 |
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 | 650 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 4,313 million | 278 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 274 Watt | 104 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 69.60 | 15.60 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.227 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 32 | 16 |
| TMUs | 96 | 24 |
| L1 Cache | 384 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 768 KB | no data |
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 | 3-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 | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1270 MHz | 505 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 243.8 GB/s | 32.32 GB/s |
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 | 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI | 3x DVI, 1x S-Video |
API and SDK support
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 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 18 January 2014 | 20 April 2006 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 1 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 274 Watt | 104 Watt |
FirePro D500 has an age advantage of 7 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.
FX 5500 SDI, on the other hand, has 163.5% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between FirePro D500 and Quadro FX 5500 SDI. We've got no test results to judge.
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