Radeon R7 M260DX vs Quadro 5000 SDI
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 945 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Fermi (2010−2014) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | GF100 | Jet |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 23 February 2011 (14 years ago) | 7 January 2014 (12 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $7,899 | no data |
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 | 352 | 320 |
| Core clock speed | 513 MHz | 780 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 855 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,100 million | 690 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 172 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 22.57 | 17.10 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.7223 TFLOPS | 0.5472 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 40 | 8 |
| TMUs | 44 | 20 |
| L1 Cache | 704 KB | 80 KB |
| L2 Cache | 640 KB | 128 KB |
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 2.0 x16 | IGP |
| Length | 248 mm | no data |
| Width | Quad-slot | 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 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2.5 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 320 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 750 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 120.0 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
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 | 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video, 2x SDI | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 2.0 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 23 February 2011 | 7 January 2014 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 28 nm |
R7 M260DX has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro 5000 SDI and Radeon R7 M260DX. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro 5000 SDI is a workstation graphics card while Radeon R7 M260DX is a notebook one.
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