GeForce 7300 GS Low Profile vs Quadro 5000M
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 612 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 3.72 | no data |
| Architecture | Fermi (2010−2014) | Curie (2003−2013) |
| GPU code name | GF100 | G72 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 27 July 2010 (14 years ago) | 18 January 2006 (18 years ago) |
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 | 320 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 405 MHz | 450 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,100 million | 112 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 23 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 16.20 | 1.800 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.5184 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 32 | 2 |
| TMUs | 40 | 4 |
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).
| Laptop size | large | no data |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | 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 | DDR2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1792 MB | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 600 MHz | 266 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s | 4.256 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 | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x S-Video |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 9.0c (9_3) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 27 July 2010 | 18 January 2006 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1792 MB | 256 MB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 23 Watt |
Quadro 5000M has an age advantage of 4 years, a 600% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 125% more advanced lithography process.
7300 GS Low Profile, on the other hand, has 334.8% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Quadro 5000M and GeForce 7300 GS Low Profile. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro 5000M is a mobile workstation card while GeForce 7300 GS Low Profile is a desktop 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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