GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q vs Quadro FX 5500 SDI

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated325
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data22.96
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameG71TU117
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date20 April 2006 (18 years ago)2 April 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$6,999 no data

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 coresno data1024
Core clock speed650 MHz1035 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1200 MHz
Number of transistors278 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)104 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate15.6076.80
Floating-point processing powerno data2.458 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs2464

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 sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length229 mmno data
Width3-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed505 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth32.32 GB/s160.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectors3x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (12_1)
Shader Model3.06.5
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.2.140
CUDA-7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 April 2006 2 April 2020
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 104 Watt 50 Watt

GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q has an age advantage of 13 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 650% more advanced lithography process, and 108% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 5500 SDI and GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 5500 SDI is a workstation card while GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 SDI
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