NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
VS
AMD FirePro D500
NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
VS
AMD FirePro D500

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 and AMD FirePro D500. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
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1.52
Value for money (0-100)
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Curie
Architecture
GCN 1.0
NV43 A2
Code name
Tahiti
Workstation
Type
Workstation
9 August 2004 (17 years ago)
Release date
18 January 2014 (7 years ago)
$299
Launch price (MSRP)
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$60 (0.2x MSRP)
Price now
$1100
NV43 A2
GPU code name
Tahiti
Workstation
Market segment
Workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 and AMD FirePro D500 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

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Pipelines
1536
300 MHz
Core clock speed
725 MHz
146 million
Transistor count
4,313 million
110 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
25 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
274 Watt
2.400
Texture fill rate
69.60
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Floating-point performance
2,227 gflops
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Pipelines / CUDA cores
1536
146 million
Number of transistors
4,313 million
25 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
274 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 and AMD FirePro D500.

PCIe 1.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
198 mm
Length
279 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
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Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 and AMD FirePro D500 can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
128 MB
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
384 Bit
500 MHz
Memory clock speed
5080 MHz
8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
243.8 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 and AMD FirePro D500, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Display Connectors
6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 and AMD FirePro D500. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

9.0c (9_3)
DirectX
12 (11_1)
2.1
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 and AMD FirePro D500 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 or AMD FirePro D500 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
AMD FirePro D500
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
AMD FirePro D500
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
AMD FirePro D500
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
AMD FirePro D500
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
AMD FirePro D500
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

0.14% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($60 (0.2x MSRP) vs $1100)

Less power consumption (25 Watt vs 274 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (128 MB vs 3 GB)

Advantages of AMD FirePro D500

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 110 nm)

More memory bandwidth (243.8 GB/s vs 8 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 or AMD FirePro D500?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 .

NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 versus AMD FirePro D500 performance benchmarks comparison

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