RTX A5000 Mobile vs Quadro FX 1500M

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated95
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data19.27
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameG71GA104
Market segmentMobile workstationMobile workstation
Release date18 April 2006 (18 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 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 cores276144
Core clock speed375 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speed375 MHz1575 MHz
Number of transistors278 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate9.000302.4
Floating-point processing powerno data19.35 TFLOPS
ROPs1696
TMUs24192
Tensor Coresno data192
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

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 sizelargelarge
InterfaceMXM-IIPCIe 4.0 x16

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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount512 MB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth32 GB/s448.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model3.06.7
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

FX 1500M 171
RTX A5000 Mobile 16066
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Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 April 2006 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 150 Watt

FX 1500M has 233.3% lower power consumption.

RTX A5000 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1025% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 1500M and RTX A5000 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
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