Radeon RX 5300 XT vs Quadro FX 3400
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020) |
| GPU code name | NV45 | Navi 14 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 28 June 2004 (21 years ago) | 7 October 2019 (6 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 | 1024 |
| Core clock speed | 350 MHz | 1670 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1845 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 222 million | 6,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 101 Watt | 150 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 5.600 | 118.1 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 3.779 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| TMUs | 16 | 64 |
| L2 Cache | no data | 2 MB |
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 1.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin |
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 | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 450 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 28.8 GB/s | 112.0 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 28 June 2004 | 7 October 2019 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 101 Watt | 150 Watt |
FX 3400 has 49% lower power consumption.
RX 5300 XT, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 15 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1757% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 3400 and Radeon RX 5300 XT. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro FX 3400 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 5300 XT is a desktop one.
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