Quadro FX 5500 vs FX 3500

Place in performance ranking	1140	1151
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	no data	0.01
Architecture	Curie (2003−2013)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	G71	G71
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	22 May 2006 (17 years ago)	20 April 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,599	$2,999
Current price	$920 (0.6x MSRP)	$150 (0.1x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FX 3500 and FX 5500 have a nearly equal value for money.

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.

Core clock speed	450 MHz	650 MHz
Number of transistors	278 million	278 million
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	96 Watt
Texture fill rate	9.000	15.60

Size and 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 1.0 x16
Length	173 mm	229 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin

Memory

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	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	1 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1320 MHz	1010 MHz
Memory bandwidth	42.24 GB/s	32.32 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

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API support

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

DirectX	9.0c (9_3)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
OpenCL	N/A	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. 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.

FX 3500 0.67
+6.3%

FX 5500 0.63

FX 3500 outperforms FX 5500 by 6% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

FX 3500 259
+7%

FX 5500 242

FX 3500 outperforms FX 5500 by 7% in Passmark.