L4 vs Quadro FX 4500

Place in performance ranking	1169	174
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	34.97
Architecture	Curie (2003−2013)	Ada Lovelace
GPU code name	G70	AD104
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	28 July 2005 (18 years ago)	21 March 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,499	no data
Current price	$115 (0x MSRP)	$240

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FX 4500 and L4 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	7424
Core clock speed	430 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	2040 MHz
Number of transistors	302 million	35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	109 Watt	72 Watt
Texture fill rate	10.32	489.6

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	267 mm	169 mm
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 16-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	512 MB	24 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz	12.5 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	33.6 GB/s	300.1 GB/s

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

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	9.0c (9_3)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	3.0	6.7
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	no data	8.9

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 0.59

L4 29.82
+4954%

L4 outperforms Quadro FX 4500 by 4954% 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 227

L4 11518
+4974%

L4 outperforms Quadro FX 4500 by 4974% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.59	29.82
Recency	28 July 2005	21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	24 GB
Chip lithography	110 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	109 Watt	72 Watt