Quadro FX 4500 X2 vs Quadro FX 4600

Place in the ranking	1075	1194
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.57	0.29
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	G80	G71
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	5 March 2007 (17 years ago)	24 April 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,999	$2,799

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FX 4600 and FX 4500 X2 have a nearly equal value for money.

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	96	no data
Core clock speed	500 MHz	500 MHz
Number of transistors	681 million	278 million
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	134 Watt	145 Watt
Texture fill rate	24.00	12.00
Floating-point processing power	0.2304 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	24	16
TMUs	24	24

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	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	229 mm	305 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 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 type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	512 MB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	605 MHz
Memory bandwidth	67.2 GB/s	38.72 GB/s

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

4x DVI

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	4.0	3.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FX 4600 1.11
+82%

FX 4500 X2 0.61

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 4600 430
+82.2%

FX 4500 X2 236

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.11	0.61
Recency	5 March 2007	24 April 2006
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	512 MB
Power consumption (TDP)	134 Watt	145 Watt

FX 4600 has a 82% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 months, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 8.2% lower power consumption.

The Quadro FX 4600 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro FX 4500 X2 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.