ATI 8514-Ultra vs Quadro FX 1800M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1049not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.88no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Mach (1992−1997)
GPU code nameGT215Mach8
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date15 June 2009 (15 years ago)1992 (32 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$799

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 cores72no data
Core clock speed561 MHz10 MHz
Number of transistors727 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm800 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Wattno data
Texture fill rate13.46no data
Floating-point processing power0.162 TFLOPSno data
ROPs81
TMUs24no data

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 sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)ISA 16 Bit
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5VRAM
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit32 Bit
Memory clock speed550 MHz10 MHz
Memory bandwidth35.2 GB/s40 MB/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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_1)N/A
Shader Model4.1no data
OpenGL3.3N/A
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 800 nm

FX 1800M has a 102300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1900% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 1800M and 8514-Ultra. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 1800M is a mobile workstation card while 8514-Ultra is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M
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