FirePro M4150 vs Quadro FX 5600 Mac Edition
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 834 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | GCN 1.0 (2011−2020) |
| GPU code name | G80 | Opal |
| Market segment | Workstation | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 5 March 2007 (17 years ago) | 16 October 2013 (11 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $2,999 | 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 cores | 128 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 715 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 681 million | 950 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 171 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 38.40 | 17.16 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.3686 TFLOPS | 0.5491 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 24 | 8 |
| TMUs | 32 | 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 3.0 x8 |
| Length | 312 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1536 MB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s | 64 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 | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 5 March 2007 | 16 October 2013 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1536 MB | 1 GB |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 28 nm |
FX 5600 Mac Edition has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.
FirePro M4150, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 5600 Mac Edition and FirePro M4150. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro FX 5600 Mac Edition is a workstation card while FirePro M4150 is a mobile workstation 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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