Radeon RX Vega 3 vs Quadro FX 4500 X2

Place in performance ranking	1161	741
Place by popularity	not in top-100	76
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	1.93
Architecture	Curie (2003−2013)	Vega (2017−2021)
GPU code name	G71	Vega Raven Ridge
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	24 April 2006 (18 years ago)	7 January 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,799	no data
Current price	$300 (0.1x MSRP)	$371

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FX 4500 X2 and RX Vega 3 have a nearly equal value for money.

Detailed specifications

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.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	no data	192
Core clock speed	500 MHz	600 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1200 MHz
Number of transistors	278 million	4,940 million
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	145 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	12.00	12.13

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro FX 4500 X2 and Radeon RX Vega 3 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	IGP
Length	305 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 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	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	System Shared
Memory bus width	256 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1210 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	38.72 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	no data	-

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 Connectors

4x DVI

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	9.0c (9_3)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	3.0	6.4
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131

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 4500 X2 0.61

RX Vega 3 2.97
+387%

Radeon RX Vega 3 outperforms Quadro FX 4500 X2 by 387% based on our aggregate 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 4500 X2 236

RX Vega 3 1149
+387%

Radeon RX Vega 3 outperforms Quadro FX 4500 X2 by 387% in Passmark.