Mobility Radeon HD 5650 vs Quadro 4000
Aggregate performance score
Quadro 4000 outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 5650 by a whopping 180% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 668 | 969 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.52 | no data |
| Architecture | Fermi (2010−2014) | Terascale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | GF100 | Madison Pro |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 2 November 2010 (13 years ago) | 7 January 2010 (14 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,199 | no data |
| Current price | $295 (0.2x MSRP) | $24 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | 256 | 400 |
| Core clock speed | 475 MHz | 450 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 650 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,100 million | 627 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 142 Watt | 15-19 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 15.20 | 9.000 |
| Floating-point performance | 486.4 gflops | 360.0 gflops |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on Quadro 4000 and Mobility Radeon HD 5650 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.
| Laptop size | no data | medium sized |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 241 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-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 | GDDR5 | GDDR3, DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2808 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 89.86 GB/s | 25.6 GB/s |
| Shared memory | no data | - |
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 | 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | 2.0 | no data |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| 900p | 40−45
+167%
| 15
−167%
|
| Full HD | 45−50
+165%
| 17
−165%
|
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 3.83 | 1.37 |
| Recency | 2 November 2010 | 7 January 2010 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 1 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 142 Watt | 15 Watt |
The Quadro 4000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5650 in performance tests.
Be aware that Quadro 4000 is a workstation card while Mobility Radeon HD 5650 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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