A10G vs Quadro FX 560

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated66
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data22.49
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameG73GA102
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date20 April 2006 (18 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 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 coresno data9216
Core clock speed350 MHz1320 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1710 MHz
Number of transistors177 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate4.200492.5
Floating-point processing powerno data31.52 TFLOPS
ROPs896
TMUs12288
Tensor Coresno data288
Ray Tracing Coresno data72

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length198 mm267 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone8-pin EPS

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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount128 MB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed600 MHz1563 MHz
Memory bandwidth19.2 GB/s600.2 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model3.06.6
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA-8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



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 560 113
A10G 18723
+16469%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 April 2006 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 12 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 150 Watt

FX 560 has 400% lower power consumption.

A10G, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, a 9500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1025% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 560 and A10G. We've got no test results to judge.


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