Quadro4 980 XGL vs Quadro FX 500

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1501
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)Kelvin (2001−2003)
GPU code nameNV34 A1NV28 A2
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date21 May 2003 (21 year ago)12 November 2002 (22 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.

Core clock speed270 MHz300 MHz
Number of transistors45 million36 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm150 nm
Texture fill rate1.0802.400
ROPs48
TMUs48

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xAGP 8x
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDRDDR
Maximum RAM amount128 MB128 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed240 MHz325 MHz
Memory bandwidth7.68 GB/s10.4 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0a8.1
OpenGL1.5 (2.1)1.3
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 May 2003 12 November 2002

FX 500 has an age advantage of 6 months.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 500 and Quadro4 980 XGL. We've got no test results to judge.


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