UHD Graphics G4 vs Quadro FX 3500

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1193not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.57no data
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Generation 11.0 (2019−2021)
GPU code nameG71Lakefield GT1
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date22 May 2006 (18 years ago)28 May 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,599 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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 coresno data384
Core clock speed450 MHz200 MHz
Boost clock speedno data500 MHz
Number of transistors278 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology90 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate9.00016.00
Floating-point processing powerno data0.384 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs2032

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x1
Length173 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount256 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed660 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth42.24 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (12_1)
Shader Model3.06.4
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A2.1
VulkanN/A1.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 May 2006 28 May 2020
Chip lithography 90 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 15 Watt

UHD Graphics G4 has an age advantage of 14 years, a 800% more advanced lithography process, and 433.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 3500 and UHD Graphics G4. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 3500 is a workstation card while UHD Graphics G4 is a notebook one.

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