Quadro FX 560 vs Radeon HD 5670

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	828	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.10	no data
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	Redwood	G73
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	14 January 2010 (14 years ago)	20 April 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$119	$299
Current price	$132 (1.1x MSRP)	$89 (0.3x MSRP)

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	400	no data
Core clock speed	775 MHz	350 MHz
Number of transistors	627 million	177 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	64 Watt	30 Watt
Texture fill rate	15.50	4.200
Floating-point performance	620.0 gflops	no 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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm	198 mm
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	19.2 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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	5.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

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	14 January 2010	20 April 2006
Cost	$119	$299
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	64 Watt	30 Watt

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