Radeon RX 7650 GRE vs Quadro NVS 280 PCIe
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 96 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 95.07 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 20.56 |
| Architecture | Rankine (2003−2005) | RDNA 3.0 (2022−2026) |
| GPU code name | NV37 | Navi 33 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 25 May 2004 (21 years ago) | February 2025 (recently) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $279 |
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 | no data | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 275 MHz | 1720 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2695 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 45 million | 13,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 13 Watt | 165 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1.100 | 345.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 22.08 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 64 |
| TMUs | 4 | 128 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 32 |
| L0 Cache | no data | 512 KB |
| L1 Cache | no data | 512 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 2 MB |
| L3 Cache | no data | 32 MB |
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 4.0 x8 |
| Length | 168 mm | 204 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 8-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 type | DDR | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 250 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 8 GB/s | 288.0 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 | 1x DMS-59 | 1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1 |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0a | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 1.5 (2.1) | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 2.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 150 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 13 Watt | 165 Watt |
NVS 280 PCIe has 1169.2% lower power consumption.
RX 7650 GRE, on the other hand, has a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2400% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro NVS 280 PCIe and Radeon RX 7650 GRE. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro NVS 280 PCIe is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 7650 GRE is a desktop one.
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