AMD Radeon Pro W5700 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5700 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon Pro W5700

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5700

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 1243 MHz vs 500 MHz
1310.8x more texture fill rate: 277.9 GTexel/s vs 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
11.6x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1210 MHz
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 916 vs 653
63.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15026 vs 236

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 Nov 2019 vs 24 April 2006
Core clock speed	1243 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	277.9 GTexel/s vs 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 1210 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	916 vs 653
PassMark - G3D Mark	15026 vs 236

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

Around 41% lower typical power consumption: 145 Watt vs 205 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	145 Watt vs 205 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5700
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

916

653

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15026

236

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W5700	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360
PassMark - G2D Mark	916	653
PassMark - G3D Mark	15026	236
Geekbench - OpenCL	70165
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11065
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11065

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W5700	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	Curie
Code name	Navi 10	G71
Launch date	19 Nov 2019	24 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$799	$2,799
Place in performance rating	201	202
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1930 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1243 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	90 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	555.8 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	17.79 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	8.893 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2304
Pixel fill rate	123.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	277.9 GTexel/s	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	205 Watt	145 Watt
Transistor count	10300 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	5x mini-DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C	4x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	12 inches (305 mm)	305 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	2x 6-pin
Width	Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12.1	9.0c
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	448 GB/s	2x 38.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	1210 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR3