UHD Graphics 610 vs Quadro FX 500
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 906 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 8.71 |
| Architecture | Rankine (2003−2005) | Generation 9.5 (2016−2020) |
| GPU code name | NV34 A1 | Coffee Lake GT1 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 21 May 2003 (21 year ago) | 3 April 2018 (6 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 | 96 |
| Core clock speed | 270 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 900 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 45 million | 189 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | 14 nm+++ |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1.080 | 10.80 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.1728 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 2 |
| TMUs | 4 | 12 |
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 | AGP 8x | Ring Bus |
| Width | 1-slot | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | DDR | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 240 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 7.68 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | 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 | 1x DVI, 1x VGA | Portable Device Dependent |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Quick Sync | no data | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0a | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 1.5 (2.1) | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 21 May 2003 | 3 April 2018 |
| Chip lithography | 150 nm | 14 nm |
UHD Graphics 610 has an age advantage of 14 years, and a 971.4% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 500 and UHD Graphics 610. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro FX 500 is a workstation graphics card while UHD Graphics 610 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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