Quadro 5000 SDI vs Radeon HD 8400

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1168not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.99no data
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameKalindiGF100
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date23 November 2013 (10 years ago)23 February 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$7,899

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 cores128352
Core clock speed400 MHz513 MHz
Number of transistors1,178 million3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt172 Watt
Texture fill rate3.20022.57
Floating-point processing power0.1024 TFLOPS0.7223 TFLOPS
ROPs440
TMUs844

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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data248 mm
WidthIGPQuad-slot

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 typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared2.5 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared320 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data120.0 GB/s
Shared memory+-

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 outputs1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video, 2x SDI

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.35.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA-2.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 November 2013 23 February 2011
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 172 Watt

HD 8400 has an age advantage of 2 years, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 588% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8400 and Quadro 5000 SDI. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 8400 is a desktop card while Quadro 5000 SDI is a workstation one.


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AMD Radeon HD 8400
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