AMD FirePro M4150 vs NVIDIA Quadro CX

General info

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

Place in performance rating	739	738
Value for money	0.12	0.14
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	GT200B	Opal
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	11 November 2008 (14 years old)	16 October 2013 (9 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,999	no data
Current price	$199 (0.1x MSRP)	$180

Technical specs

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	192	384
Core clock speed	602 MHz	715 MHz
Number of transistors	1,400 million	950 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	28 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	150 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	38.53	17.16
Floating-point performance	462.3 gflops	549.1 gflops

Dimensions and compatibility

Information on 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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	MXM Module
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no data

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	1 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	64 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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, 1x S-Video

No outputs

API support

APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	4.0	5.1
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	1.3	no data

Benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.

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Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	11 November 2008	16 October 2013
Memory bus width	384	128
Memory bandwidth	76.8	64
Pipelines / CUDA cores	192	384
Chip lithography	55 nm	28 nm

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