Quadro vs Quadro FX 5500 SDI

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	828
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Curie (2003−2013)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	G71	NV10
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	20 April 2006 (18 years ago)	1999 (25 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.

Core clock speed	650 MHz	135 MHz
Number of transistors	278 million	17 million
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	220 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	104 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	15.60	0.54
ROPs	16	4
TMUs	24	4

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	AGP 4x
Length	229 mm	no data
Width	3-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	SDR
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	32 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	505 MHz	166 MHz
Memory bandwidth	32.32 GB/s	2.656 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

3x DVI, 1x S-Video

1x VGA

API compatibility

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

DirectX	9.0c (9_3)	7.0
Shader Model	3.0	no data
OpenGL	2.1	1.2
OpenCL	N/A	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	32 MB
Chip lithography	90 nm	220 nm

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