UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) vs Quadro FX 5500 SDI

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated541
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Gen. 12 (2021−2023)
GPU code nameG71Alder Lake Xe
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date20 April 2006 (18 years ago)4 January 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 data64
Core clock speed650 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1400 MHz
Number of transistors278 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology90 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)104 Wattno data
Texture fill rate15.60no data
ROPs16no data
TMUs24no 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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16no data
Length229 mmno data
Width3-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data

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 typeGDDR3no data
Maximum RAM amount1 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed505 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth32.32 GB/sno data
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 data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12_1
Shader Model3.0no data
OpenGL2.1no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 April 2006 4 January 2022
Chip lithography 90 nm 10 nm

UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) has an age advantage of 15 years, and a 800% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 5500 SDI and UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen). We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 5500 SDI is a workstation card while UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 SDI
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Intel UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen)
UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen)

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