ATI Radeon HD 5470 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

What is the difference between ATI Radeon HD 5470 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

CedarGPU NameG71
Cedar PROModel numberQDFX-1500-N-A2
TeraScale 2ArchitectureCurie
TSMCFoundryTSMC
40 nmProcess Size90 nm
292 millionTransistors278 million
59 mm²Die Size196 mm²

Graphics Card

Feb 13th, 2012Release DateApr 20th, 2006
Evergreen
(HD 5400)
FamilyQuadro FX
(x500)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
PCIe 2.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

512 MBMemory Size256 MB
GDDR3Memory TypeGDDR3
64 bitMemory Bus256 bit
6.400 GB/sBandwidth40.00 GB/s

Performance

2.600 GPixel/sPixel fillrate5.200 GPixel/s
5.200 GTexel/sTexture fillrate5.200 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

400 MHz
800 Mbps effective
Memory Clock625 MHz
1250 Mbps effective
650 MHzGPU Clock325 MHz

Render Config

8TMUs16
4ROPs16

Board Design

Single-slotSlot WidthSingle-slot
170 mm
6.7 inches
Length173 mm
6.8 inches
19 WThermal design power (TDP)65 W
200 WSuggested PSU250 W
1x DVI
1x HDMI
1x VGA
Display Connectors2x DVI
1x S-Video
NonePower ConnectorsNone

API support

11.2 (11_0)DirectX9.0c (9_3)
4.4OpenGL2.1
1.2OpenCLN/A
N/AVulkanN/A
5.0Shader Model3.0