Radeon RX 5600 OEM vs Quadro FX 4000 SDI
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 216 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 15.23 |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020) |
| GPU code name | NV41 | Navi 10 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 19 April 2004 (21 years ago) | 21 January 2020 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $4,999 | no data |
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 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 425 MHz | 1130 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1560 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 190 million | 10,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 150 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 5.100 | 199.7 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 6.39 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 64 |
| TMUs | 12 | 128 |
| L2 Cache | no data | 3 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 x16 |
| Length | 214 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 8-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 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 6 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 500 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 32 GB/s | 288.0 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 | 1x DVI, 4x SDI | 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 | 2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial) | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 19 April 2004 | 21 January 2020 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 6 GB |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 7 nm |
RX 5600 OEM has an age advantage of 15 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1757.1% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 4000 SDI and Radeon RX 5600 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro FX 4000 SDI is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 5600 OEM is a desktop one.
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