Arc 3 A350M vs Quadro FX 5600

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Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking976not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.07no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Generation 12.7 (2022)
GPU code nameG80DG2-128
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date5 March 2007 (17 years ago)30 March 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,999 no data
Current price$209 (0.1x MSRP)no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores128768
Core clock speed600 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1150 MHz
Number of transistors681 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)171 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate38.4055.20
Floating-point performance345.6 gflopsno 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 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length254 mmno data
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors2x 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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1536 MB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1600 MHz12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth76.8 GB/s96 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.6
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 March 2007 30 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 171 Watt 25 Watt

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 5600 and Arc 3 A350M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 5600 is a workstation graphics card while Arc 3 A350M is a desktop one.


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