Radeon HD 4270 vs Quadro M5500

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	254	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.98	no data
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	RV6xx (2007−2010)
GPU code name	GM204	RS880M
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	4 April 2016 (8 years ago)	1 May 2010 (14 years ago)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	2048	40
Core clock speed	1139 MHz	590 MHz
Boost clock speed	1140 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5200 Million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	149.1	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro M5500 and Radeon HD 4270 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data
SLI options	+	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	GDDR5	no data
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	6606 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	224.4 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	+

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 Connectors	No outputs	no data
G-SYNC support	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12.0	10.1
Shader Model	5.0	no data
OpenGL	4.5	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	+	no data
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	4 April 2016	1 May 2010
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	55 nm

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