GeForce FX 5500 and Quadro FX 500 - video card comparison
GeForce FX 5500
Quadro FX 500
Architecture
Rankine (2003−2005)
Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code name
NV34 B1
NV34 A1
Market segment
Desktop
Workstation
Release date
March 2004
May 2003
Interface
AGP 8x
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
270 MHz
270 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
150 nm
150 nm
Number of transistors
45 million
45 million
Texture fill rate
1.080
1.080
Memory type
DDR
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
64 MB
128 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
332 MHz
480 MHz
Memory bandwidth
5.312 GB/s
7.68 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
1x DVI, 1x VGA
DirectX
9.0a
9.0a
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
1.5 (2.1)
1.5 (2.1)
Vulkan
N/A
N/A