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NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 is a workstation graphics card. It has 512 MB of GDDR3 memory, a boost clock of 430 MHz and a 109 W board power rating. It scores 227 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 9.0c and OpenGL 2.1.

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4/10 key specs recorded · 21 facts

Depth: 28 recorded fields, 1 PassMark workload

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 4 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

n/a

Memory

512 MB

GDDR3

Boost clock

n/a

430 MHz base

Board power

109 W

Performance

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 scores 227 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 26.1% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #2,160), measured across 95 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 120.

PassMark G3D Mark

227

Rank #2,160
Faster than 26.1% of 2,658 GPUs
95 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 6 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 8.7% of 1,675 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 averages DirectX 9 6 fps, across 95 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Workstation

Bus interface PCIe x16

Max memory 512 MB

Core clock 470 MHz

Memory clock 1050 MHz

DirectX 9.0c

OpenGL 2.1

Max TDP 109 W

First benchmarked 2009-04-07

Samples 95

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 states the PCIe x16 interface, up to 512 MB of memory, a core clock of 470 MHz, DirectX 9.0c and OpenGL 2.1, first benchmarked on 2009-04-07. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Not to be confused with

This page covers the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2, NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 SDI, NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 rev. A2, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Graphics processor

Architecture Not recorded

Codename G70

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Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 uses the G70 graphics processor.

Shader configuration

Shading units Not recorded

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 24

Render output units (ROPs) 16

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 24 texture mapping units and 16 render output units.

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500.

Clock speeds

Base clock 430 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 runs at a base clock of 430 MHz.

Memory

Size 512 MB

Type GDDR3

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 is equipped with 512 MB of GDDR3 memory.

Board and power

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 has a board power rating of 109 W and it connects over PCIe x16.

Board power (TDP) 109 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe x16

Market

Launched Not recorded

Launch price Not recorded

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Segment Workstation

Series Quadro

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 227

PassMark G2D 120

Rank #2,160

Samples 95

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 supports DirectX 9.0c and OpenGL 2.1.

DirectX 9.0c (stated by PassMark)

OpenGL 2.1

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500.