Quadro FX 550 vs Radeon R5 230
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon R5 230 with Quadro FX 550, including specs and performance data.
R5 230 outperforms FX 550 by a whopping 247% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1278 | 1483 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 2.12 | 0.39 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Curie (2003−2013) |
| GPU code name | Caicos | NV43 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Design | reference | no data |
| Release date | 3 April 2014 (11 years ago) | 20 April 2006 (19 years ago) |
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 | no data | 360 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 370 million | 146 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 110 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 19 Watt | 30 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 5.000 | 2.880 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.2 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 4 | 4 |
| TMUs | 8 | 8 |
| L1 Cache | 16 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 128 KB | 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).
| Bus support | PCIe 1.0 x4 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | 168 mm | 198 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | N/A | 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 | DDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 400 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 10.67 GB/s | 12.8 GB/s |
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 DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
| Eyefinity | + | - |
| HDMI | + | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| CrossFire | + | - |
| PowerPlay | + | no data |
| DDMA audio | - | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | DirectX® 11 | 9.0c (9_3) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial) |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | - | N/A |
Synthetic benchmarks
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.52 | 0.15 |
| Recency | 3 April 2014 | 20 April 2006 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 128 MB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 110 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 19 Watt | 30 Watt |
R5 230 has a 246.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 175% more advanced lithography process, and 57.9% lower power consumption.
The Radeon R5 230 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro FX 550 in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon R5 230 is a desktop graphics card while Quadro FX 550 is a workstation one.
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