Quadro FX 4500 vs FX 4600

Place in performance ranking	1041	1165
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	0.04	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	G80	G70
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	5 March 2007 (17 years ago)	28 July 2005 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,999	$2,499
Current price	$179 (0.1x MSRP)	$115 (0x MSRP)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FX 4600 and FX 4500 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	96	no data
Core clock speed	500 MHz	430 MHz
Number of transistors	681 million	302 million
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	134 Watt	109 Watt
Texture fill rate	24.00	10.32
Floating-point performance	230.4 gflops	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	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	229 mm	267 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin

Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	512 MB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1050 MHz
Memory bandwidth	67.2 GB/s	33.6 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

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	4.0	3.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	no data

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 4600 1.11
+88.1%

FX 4500 0.59

FX 4600 outperforms FX 4500 by 88% based on our aggregated 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 4600 430
+89.4%

FX 4500 227

FX 4600 outperforms FX 4500 by 89% 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	1.11	0.59
Recency	5 March 2007	28 July 2005
Cost	$1999	$2499
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	512 MB
Chip lithography	90 nm	110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	134 Watt	109 Watt