Quadro FX 4500 vs FirePro D300

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro D300 and Quadro FX 4500, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

FirePro D300
2014
2 GB GDDR5, 150 Watt
10.19
+1627%

D300 outperforms FX 4500 by a whopping 1627% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking4391199
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.720.38
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code namePitcairnG70
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date18 January 2014 (10 years ago)28 July 2005 (19 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,499

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 cores1280no data
Core clock speed850 MHz430 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million302 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt109 Watt
Texture fill rate68.0010.32
Floating-point processing power2.176 TFLOPSno data
ROPs3216
TMUs8024

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Length242 mm267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 amount2 GB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1270 MHz525 MHz
Memory bandwidth162.6 GB/s33.6 GB/s

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 Connectors4x DisplayPort2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model5.13.0
OpenGL4.62.1
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

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 10.19 0.59
Recency 18 January 2014 28 July 2005
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 110 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 109 Watt

FirePro D300 has a 1627.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 292.9% more advanced lithography process.

FX 4500, on the other hand, has 37.6% lower power consumption.

The FirePro D300 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro FX 4500 in performance tests.


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