Quadro FX 3500 vs Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5

Place in the ranking	1116	1179
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.48	0.58
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	Caicos	G71
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	18 April 2011 (13 years ago)	22 May 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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	160	no data
Core clock speed	750 MHz	450 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	278 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	80 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	9.000
ROPs	no data	16
TMUs	no data	20

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	no data	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	no data	173 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	660 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	42.24 GB/s
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

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2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	no data	3.0
OpenGL	no data	2.1
OpenCL	no data	N/A
Vulkan	-	N/A

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	7 +75%	4−5 −75%
Full HD	15 +50%	10−12 −50%
1200p	5 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

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159.90

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4
+50%

2−3

−50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Hitman 3	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +44.4%	9−10 −44.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +52.4%	21−24 −52.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Hitman 3	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +44.4%	9−10 −44.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 +66.7%	6−7 −66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +52.4%	21−24 −52.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Hitman 3	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +44.4%	9−10 −44.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 +66.7%	6−7 −66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +52.4%	21−24 −52.4%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

1−2

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Hitman 3	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4
+50%

2−3

−50%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3
+100%

1−2

−100%

This is how HD 6450 GDDR5 and FX 3500 compete in popular games:

HD 6450 GDDR5 is 75% faster in 900p
HD 6450 GDDR5 is 50% faster in 1080p
HD 6450 GDDR5 is 67% faster in 1200p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.96	0.67
Recency	18 April 2011	22 May 2006
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	80 Watt

HD 6450 GDDR5 has a 43.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 125% more advanced lithography process, and 196.3% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro FX 3500 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 is a desktop card while Quadro FX 3500 is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.