AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 15 year(s) 8 month(s) later
4.6x more core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 500 MHz
850x more texture fill rate: 180.2 GTexel/s vs 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 90 nm
Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 107 Watt vs 145 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Around 86% higher memory clock speed: 2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1210 MHz
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 809 vs 653
40.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9556 vs 236

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 Jan 2022 vs 24 April 2006
Core clock speed	2310 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	180.2 GTexel/s vs 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	107 Watt vs 145 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1210 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	809 vs 653
PassMark - G3D Mark	9556 vs 236

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

809

653

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9556

236

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2
PassMark - G2D Mark	809	653
PassMark - G3D Mark	9556	236
Geekbench - OpenCL	48562
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	224

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Curie
Code name	Navi 24	G71
Launch date	19 Jan 2022	24 April 2006
Place in performance rating	208	211
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,799
Type		Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2815 MHz
Compute units	16
Core clock speed	2310 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	90 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	360.3 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	11.53 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.765 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1024
Pixel fill rate	90.08 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	180.2 GTexel/s	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	107 Watt	145 Watt
Transistor count	5400 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a	4x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 1.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
Length		305 mm
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	9.0c
OpenCL	2.2
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	143.9 GB/s	2x 38.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1210 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR3