Quadro FX 5500 SDI vs HD Graphics 510

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking957not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency7.48no data
ArchitectureGeneration 9.0 (2015−2016)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameSkylake GT1G71
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date1 September 2015 (9 years ago)20 April 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$6,999

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 cores96no data
Core clock speed300 MHz650 MHz
Boost clock speed900 MHzno data
Number of transistors189 million278 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm+90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt104 Watt
Texture fill rate10.8015.60
Floating-point processing power0.1728 TFLOPSno data
ROPs316
TMUs1224

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).

InterfaceRing BusPCIe 1.0 x16
Lengthno data229 mm
Widthno data3-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 typeLPDDR3/DDR4GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount32 GB1 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared505 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data32.32 GB/s
Shared memory+-

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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent3x DVI, 1x S-Video

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model6.43.0
OpenGL4.62.1
OpenCL3.0N/A
Vulkan1.3N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2015 20 April 2006
Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 104 Watt

HD Graphics 510 has an age advantage of 9 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 542.9% more advanced lithography process, and 593.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 510 and Quadro FX 5500 SDI. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics 510 is a notebook card while Quadro FX 5500 SDI is a workstation one.


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