Quadro FX 500 vs GeForce GTX 560

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking541not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.75no data
Power efficiency3.30no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code nameGF114NV34 A1
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date17 May 2011 (13 years ago)21 May 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data

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 cores336no data
Core clock speed810 MHz270 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million45 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Wattno data
Maximum GPU temperature99 °Cno data
Texture fill rate45.361.080
Floating-point processing power1.089 TFLOPSno data
ROPs324
TMUs564

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 support16x PCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16AGP 8x
Length210 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount1 GB128 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz240 MHz
Memory bandwidth128.0 GB/s7.68 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 ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI1x DVI, 1x VGA
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray+-
3D Gaming+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)9.0a
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.11.5 (2.1)
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 May 2011 21 May 2003
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 150 nm

GTX 560 has an age advantage of 7 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 275% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 560 and Quadro FX 500. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 560 is a desktop card while Quadro FX 500 is a workstation one.


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