Quadro 5000 SDI vs GeForce 7500 LE

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameG72GF100
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date22 March 2006 (18 years ago)23 February 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$7,899

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 coresno data352
Core clock speed475 MHz513 MHz
Number of transistors112 million3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data172 Watt
Texture fill rate3.80022.57
Floating-point processing powerno data0.7223 TFLOPS
ROPs440
TMUs844

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data248 mm
Width1-slotQuad-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeDDR2GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount64 MB2.5 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed405 MHz750 MHz
Memory bandwidth6.48 GB/s120.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video, 2x SDI

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (11_0)
Shader Model3.05.1
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A1.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-2.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 March 2006 23 February 2011
Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 2.5 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 40 nm

5000 SDI has an age advantage of 4 years, a 3900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 125% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 7500 LE and Quadro 5000 SDI. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 7500 LE is a desktop card while Quadro 5000 SDI is a workstation one.


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