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

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA Quadro FX 540  vs  AMD FirePro D500.

not rated
Place in performance rating
not rated
1.52
Value for money (0-100)
no data
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)
no data
$60 (0.2x MSRP)
Price now
$1100
NV43 A2
GPU code name
Tahiti
Workstation
Market segment
Workstation

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA Quadro FX 540  vs  AMD FirePro D500 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

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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
no data
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1536
146 million
Number of transistors
4,313 million
25 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
274 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 and AMD FirePro D500 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 1.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
198 mm
Length
279 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
no data

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 vs AMD FirePro D500.

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

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 vs AMD FirePro D500.

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

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 and AMD FirePro D500 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other 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 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see 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

Overall benchmark performance

Passmark

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User rating

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