Quadro FX 5500 SDI vs K600

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Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking865not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.14no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameGK107G71
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date1 March 2013 (11 years ago)20 April 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 $6,999
Current price$220 (1.1x 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 cores192no data
Core clock speed876 MHz650 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 million278 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)41 Watt104 Watt
Texture fill rate14.0215.60
Floating-point performance336.4 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 2.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Length160 mm229 mm
Width1-slot3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin

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 typeDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1782 MHz1010 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.51 GB/s32.32 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort3x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model5.13.0
OpenGL4.62.1
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA3.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 March 2013 20 April 2006
Cost $199 $6999
Chip lithography 28 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 41 Watt 104 Watt

We couldn't decide between Quadro K600 and Quadro FX 5500 SDI. We've got no test results to judge.


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