Quadro Plex 7000 vs Radeon HD 8250
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1217 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 4.72 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) |
| GPU code name | Kalindi | GF110 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 23 May 2013 (11 years ago) | 25 July 2011 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $14,999 |
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 | 128 | 512 |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 574 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 400 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,178 million | 3,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 8 Watt | 600 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 3.200 | 36.74 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.1024 TFLOPS | 1.176 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 48 |
| TMUs | 8 | 64 |
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 | IGP | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 522 mm |
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 | System Shared | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 6 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 144.0 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 | No outputs | 4x DVI, 2x S-Video |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 2.0 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 23 May 2013 | 25 July 2011 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 8 Watt | 600 Watt |
HD 8250 has an age advantage of 1 year, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 7400% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8250 and Quadro Plex 7000. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 8250 is a notebook card while Quadro Plex 7000 is a workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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