Radeon HD 8350 OEM vs Quadro FX 5600
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1090 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 0.56 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | G80 | Cedar |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 5 March 2007 (19 years ago) | 8 January 2013 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $2,999 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 80 |
| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 681 million | 292 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 171 Watt | 19 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 38.40 | 5.200 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.3456 TFLOPS | 0.104 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 24 | 4 |
| TMUs | 32 | 8 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 16 KB |
| L2 Cache | 96 KB | 128 KB |
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 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 254 mm | 168 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| 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 | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1536 MB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 667 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s | 10.67 GB/s |
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, 1x S-Video | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 5 March 2007 | 8 January 2013 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1536 MB | 1 GB |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 171 Watt | 19 Watt |
FX 5600 has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.
HD 8350 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 125% more advanced lithography process, and 800% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 5600 and Radeon HD 8350 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro FX 5600 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon HD 8350 OEM is a desktop one.
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