Quadro FX Go 1000 vs ATI Mobility FireGL V5250

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
GPU code nameM56GLno data
Market segmentMobile workstationMobile workstation
Release date1 January 2007 (17 years ago)25 February 2004 (20 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 cores174
Core clock speed5 MHzno data
Boost clock speed400 MHzno data
Number of transistors157 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology90 nm130 nm
Texture fill rate5.400no data
ROPs12no data
TMUs12no 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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedmedium sized
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16no data

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 typeDDR/DDR2/GDDR3/GDDR4128
Maximum RAM amount256 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed330 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth11.2 GB/sno data
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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)no data
Shader Model3.0no data
OpenGL2.0no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2007 25 February 2004
Chip lithography 90 nm 130 nm

ATI Mobility FireGL V5250 has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Mobility FireGL V5250 and Quadro FX Go 1000. We've got no test results to judge.


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ATI Mobility FireGL V5250
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NVIDIA Quadro FX Go 1000
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