ATI M56 vs Quadro FX Go 1000
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Architecture | no data | Ultra-Threaded SE (2005−2007) |
GPU code name | no data | M56 |
Market segment | Mobile workstation | Desktop |
Release date | 25 February 2004 (20 years ago) | 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 | 4 | no data |
Number of transistors | no data | 157 million |
Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | 90 nm |
ROPs | no data | 12 |
TMUs | no data | 12 |
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).
Laptop size | medium sized | no 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 type | 128 | no data |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | no data |
Shared memory | - | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
DirectX | no data | 9.0c (9_3) |
Shader Model | no data | 3.0 |
OpenGL | no data | 2.1 |
OpenCL | no data | N/A |
Vulkan | - | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
Chip lithography | 130 nm | 90 nm |
ATI M56 has a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro FX Go 1000 and M56. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro FX Go 1000 is a mobile workstation card while M56 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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