Radeon RX 6700M vs Quadro FX 4500 SDI
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 183 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 18.39 |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | G70 | Navi 22 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 30 January 2006 (19 years ago) | 31 May 2021 (4 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 | 2304 |
| Core clock speed | 430 MHz | 1489 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2400 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 302 million | 17,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 110 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 116 Watt | 135 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 10.32 | 345.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 11.06 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 64 |
| TMUs | 24 | 144 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 36 |
| L0 Cache | no data | 576 KB |
| L1 Cache | no data | 512 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 3 MB |
| L3 Cache | no data | 80 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).
| Laptop size | no data | medium sized |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 3-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | None |
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 | 512 MB | 10 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 160 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 525 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 33.6 GB/s | 320.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| 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 | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 30 January 2006 | 31 May 2021 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 10 GB |
| Chip lithography | 110 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 116 Watt | 135 Watt |
FX 4500 SDI has 16.4% lower power consumption.
RX 6700M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 15 years, a 1900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1471.4% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 4500 SDI and Radeon RX 6700M. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro FX 4500 SDI is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 6700M is a notebook one.
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