ATI Radeon HD 5770 X2 vs Quadro FX 1000
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1510 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Rankine (2003−2005) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | NV30 | Juniper |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 21 January 2003 (22 years ago) | 13 October 2010 (14 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 | no data | 800 ×2 |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 850 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 125 million | 1,040 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | 40 nm |
| Texture fill rate | 2.400 | 34.00 ×2 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 1.36 TFLOPS ×2 |
| ROPs | 4 | 16 ×2 |
| TMUs | 8 | 40 ×2 |
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 | AGP 8x | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x Molex | 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 | DDR2 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 1 GB ×2 |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit ×2 |
| Memory clock speed | 300 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 9.6 GB/s | 76.8 GB/s ×2 |
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 | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0a | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 1.5 (2.1) | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 21 January 2003 | 13 October 2010 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 1 GB |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 40 nm |
ATI HD 5770 X2 has an age advantage of 7 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 225% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 1000 and Radeon HD 5770 X2. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro FX 1000 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon HD 5770 X2 is a desktop one.
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