UHD Graphics vs Quadro FX 4500 SDI
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 598 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 7 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 38.68 |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | Generation 11.0 (2019−2021) |
| GPU code name | G70 | Jasper Lake GT1 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 30 January 2006 (18 years ago) | 11 January 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 cores | no data | 256 |
| Core clock speed | 430 MHz | 350 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 750 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 302 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 110 nm | 10 nm+ |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 116 Watt | 10 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 10.32 | 12.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.384 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 8 |
| TMUs | 24 | 16 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | Ring Bus |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 3-slot | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | no 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 type | GDDR3 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 525 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 33.6 GB/s | no data |
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 Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 30 January 2006 | 11 January 2021 |
| Chip lithography | 110 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 116 Watt | 10 Watt |
UHD Graphics has an age advantage of 14 years, a 1000% more advanced lithography process, and 1060% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 4500 SDI and UHD Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro FX 4500 SDI is a workstation graphics card while UHD Graphics is a desktop one.
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