Radeon 610M vs Quadro FX 5600 Mac Edition
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 843 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 72 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 14.15 |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | G80 | Dragon Range |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 5 March 2007 (18 years ago) | 3 January 2023 (2 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $2,999 | 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 cores | 128 | 128 |
| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 400 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2200 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 681 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 171 Watt | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 38.40 | 17.60 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.3686 TFLOPS | 0.5632 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 24 | 4 |
| TMUs | 32 | 8 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 2 |
| L0 Cache | no data | 32 KB |
| L1 Cache | no data | 32 KB |
| L2 Cache | 96 KB | 2 MB |
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 4.0 x8 |
| Length | 312 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 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 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1536 MB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 5 March 2007 | 3 January 2023 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 171 Watt | 15 Watt |
Radeon 610M has an age advantage of 15 years, a 1700% more advanced lithography process, and 1040% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 5600 Mac Edition and Radeon 610M. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro FX 5600 Mac Edition is a workstation graphics card while Radeon 610M is a notebook one.
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