Quadro FX 4600 SDI vs Radeon R7 250
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 844 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.10 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 2.96 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | Oland | G80 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Design | reference | no data |
| Release date | 8 October 2013 (11 years ago) | 5 March 2007 (18 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $89 | $5,999 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
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 | 384 | 96 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 500 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1050 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 950 million | 681 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 154 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 25.20 | 24.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.8064 TFLOPS | 0.2304 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 24 |
| TMUs | 24 | 24 |
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 3.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | 168 mm | 229 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | N/A | 1x 6-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 | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 768 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1150 MHz | 700 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 72 GB/s | 67.2 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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 |
| HDMI | + | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| AppAcceleration | + | - |
| CrossFire | + | - |
| FreeSync | + | - |
| DDMA audio | + | no data |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | DirectX® 12 | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | - | N/A |
| CUDA | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 8 October 2013 | 5 March 2007 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 768 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 154 Watt |
R7 250 has an age advantage of 6 years, a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 105.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 250 and Quadro FX 4600 SDI. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon R7 250 is a desktop graphics card while Quadro FX 4600 SDI is a workstation one.
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