Quadro FX 4500 SDI vs Radeon HD 7650A

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking984not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.09no data
Power efficiency3.13no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameOnegaG70
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date5 January 2012 (12 years ago)30 January 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$262 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores480no data
Core clock speed600 MHz430 MHz
Number of transistors716 million302 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)33 Watt116 Watt
Texture fill rate14.4010.32
Floating-point processing power0.576 TFLOPSno data
ROPs816
TMUs2424

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).

InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)PCIe 1.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz525 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/s33.6 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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model5.03.0
OpenGL4.42.1
OpenCL1.2N/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 January 2012 30 January 2006
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 110 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 116 Watt

HD 7650A has an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 175% more advanced lithography process, and 251.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7650A and Quadro FX 4500 SDI. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7650A is a notebook card while Quadro FX 4500 SDI is a workstation one.


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AMD Radeon HD 7650A
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