Quadro CX vs Radeon Sky 500

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro CX and Radeon Sky 500. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Quadro CX and Radeon Sky 500. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
Quadro CX
Radeon Sky 500

Main Specs

  Quadro CX Radeon Sky 500
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 150 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 4 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video 1x DisplayPort
 
  • Both graphics cards have the same power consumption of 150 Watt.
  • Quadro CX is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon Sky 500 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro CX has 1532 GB more memory, than Radeon Sky 500.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro CX is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon Sky 500 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon Sky 500 is 348 MHz higher, than Quadro CX.
  • Quadro CX is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon Sky 500 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Quadro CX is 25 mm longer, than Radeon Sky 500.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Sky 500 is 3200 MHz higher, than Quadro CX.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 1−2 35−40
ultra / 1080p 0−1 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 10−12 60−65
medium / 1080p 2−3 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Sky 500 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 840% more, than Quadro CX.

Full Specs

  Quadro CX Radeon Sky 500
Architecture Tesla 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name GT200B Pitcairn
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 11 November 2008 27 March 2013
Pipelines 192 1280
Core clock speed 602 MHz 950 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 38.53 76.00
Floating-point performance 462.3 gflops 2,432 gflops
Length 267 mm 242 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 154 GB/s
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 4.0 5.1
OpenGL 3.3 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA 1.3
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor full height / full length
DisplayPort count 1
Dual-link DVI support +