ATI 8514-Ultra vs Quadro FX 4600 SDI
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | Mach (1992−1997) |
| GPU code name | G80 | Mach8 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 5 March 2007 (18 years ago) | 1992 (33 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $5,999 | $799 |
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 | 96 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 10 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 681 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 800 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 154 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 24.00 | no data |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.2304 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 24 | 1 |
| TMUs | 24 | no data |
| L2 Cache | 96 KB | no data |
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 | ISA 16 Bit |
| Length | 229 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| 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 | VRAM |
| Maximum RAM amount | 768 MB | 1 MB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 32 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 700 MHz | 10 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 67.2 GB/s | 40 MB/s |
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 | 11.1 (10_0) | N/A |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | N/A |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 768 MB | 1 MB |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 800 nm |
FX 4600 SDI has a 76700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 788.9% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 4600 SDI and 8514-Ultra. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro FX 4600 SDI is a workstation graphics card while 8514-Ultra is a desktop one.
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