Quadro FX 4500 SDI vs Radeon R9 M395X Mac Edition

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Primary details

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

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ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameAmethystG70
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date5 May 2015 (10 years ago)30 January 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 cores2048no data
Core clock speed909 MHz430 MHz
Number of transistors5,000 million302 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt116 Watt
Texture fill rate116.410.32
Floating-point processing power3.723 TFLOPSno data
ROPs3216
TMUs12824
L1 Cache512 KBno data
L2 Cache512 KBno 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).

InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 1.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1365 MHz525 MHz
Memory bandwidth174.7 GB/s33.6 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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (12_0)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model6.33.0
OpenGL4.62.1
OpenCL2.0N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 May 2015 30 January 2006
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 110 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 116 Watt

R9 M395X Mac Edition has an age advantage of 9 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 292.9% more advanced lithography process.

FX 4500 SDI, on the other hand, has 115.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 M395X Mac Edition and Quadro FX 4500 SDI. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R9 M395X Mac Edition is a notebook graphics card while Quadro FX 4500 SDI is a workstation one.

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AMD Radeon R9 M395X Mac Edition
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