GeForce RTX 3070 TiM vs Quadro FX 5500 SDI

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameG71GA104
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date20 April 2006 (18 years ago)November 2022 (2 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 data5888
Core clock speed650 MHz915 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1410 MHz
Number of transistors278 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)104 Watt220 Watt
Texture fill rate15.60259.4
Floating-point processing powerno data16.6 TFLOPS
ROPs1696
TMUs24184
Tensor Coresno data184
Ray Tracing Coresno data46

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length229 mm270 mm
Width3-slot3-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 8-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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed505 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth32.32 GB/s448.0 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 Connectors3x DVI, 1x S-Video1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model3.06.7
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 104 Watt 220 Watt

FX 5500 SDI has 111.5% lower power consumption.

RTX 3070 TiM, on the other hand, has a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1025% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 5500 SDI and GeForce RTX 3070 TiM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 5500 SDI is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 3070 TiM is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 SDI
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