Radeon Vega 7 vs Quadro FX 2500M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro FX 2500M with Radeon Vega 7, including specs and performance data.

FX 2500M
2005
512 MB GDDR3, 45 Watt
0.56

Vega 7 outperforms FX 2500M by a whopping 1232% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1211530
Place by popularitynot in top-10039
Power efficiency0.8711.56
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code nameG71Cezanne
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date29 September 2005 (19 years ago)13 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$99.99 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores32448
Core clock speed500 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed500 MHz1900 MHz
Number of transistors278 million9,800 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate12.0053.20
Floating-point processing powerno data1.702 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs2428

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 sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-IIIIGP
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount512 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed600 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth38.4 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 outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (12_1)
Shader Model3.06.4
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A2.1
VulkanN/A1.2

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD1−2
−2100%
22
+2100%
1440p2−3
−1300%
28
+1300%
4K1−2
−1900%
20
+1900%

Cost per frame, $

1080p99.99no data
1440p50.00no data
4K99.99no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1067%
35−40
+1067%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−1150%
50−55
+1150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−1067%
35−40
+1067%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1067%
35−40
+1067%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−1100%
12−14
+1100%
Hitman 3 5−6
−1200%
65−70
+1200%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−1173%
140−150
+1173%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−1150%
75−80
+1150%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−1067%
350−400
+1067%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−1150%
50−55
+1150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−1067%
35−40
+1067%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1067%
35−40
+1067%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−1100%
12−14
+1100%
Hitman 3 5−6
−1200%
65−70
+1200%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−1173%
140−150
+1173%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−1150%
75−80
+1150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−1200%
130−140
+1200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−1067%
350−400
+1067%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−1150%
50−55
+1150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−1067%
35−40
+1067%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1067%
35−40
+1067%
Hitman 3 5−6
−1200%
65−70
+1200%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−1173%
140−150
+1173%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−1150%
75−80
+1150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−1200%
130−140
+1200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−1067%
350−400
+1067%

1440p
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−1100%
12−14
+1100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−1100%
12−14
+1100%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−1100%
12−14
+1100%
Hitman 3 6−7
−1150%
75−80
+1150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 3−4
−1067%
35−40
+1067%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−1100%
12−14
+1100%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−1067%
35−40
+1067%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−1100%
12−14
+1100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−1100%
24−27
+1100%

This is how FX 2500M and Vega 7 compete in popular games:

  • Vega 7 is 2100% faster in 1080p
  • Vega 7 is 1300% faster in 1440p
  • Vega 7 is 1900% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.56 7.46
Recency 29 September 2005 13 April 2021
Chip lithography 90 nm 7 nm

Vega 7 has a 1232.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 15 years, and a 1185.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Vega 7 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro FX 2500M in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro FX 2500M is a mobile workstation card while Radeon Vega 7 is a mobile workstation one.


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