NVIDIA Quadro4 500 Go GL

The NVIDIA Quadro4 500 Go GL is an end-of-life mobile GPU from the Quadro4 Go generation. It uses the NV17 chip, built on the Celsius architecture by TSMC at 150 nm. The chip contains 29 million transistors on a 65 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 446.2K / mm². The memory subsystem is 64 MB of SDR on a 128-bit bus, with a memory clock of 220 MHz and bandwidth of 3.520 GB/s. The GPU has 4 texture mapping units and 2 raster output units, producing a texture rate of 880.0 MTexel/s and a pixel rate of 440.0 MPixel/s. It connects over AGP 4x and its display outputs are Portable Device Dependent. The database lists no benchmark entries, an average benchmark score of 0, and a 50th percentile standing among all GPUs.

Benchmark Performance

The fact pack's benchmarks array is empty. There are no recorded application scores, no sampled workloads, and no measured averages beyond the 0 value in avgBenchmarkScore. This 0 is the only numeric benchmark result attached to the product. At the same time, the product is placed at the 50th percentile in percentileVsAllGpus. A 50th percentile normally indicates the midpoint of the distribution, but with a zero average score, the percentile cannot be tied to any measured performance. The data offers no evidence of a percentage lead or deficit against any other GPU.

The nearestRivals list is empty, so no deltaPct values exist. No exact comparison can be constructed. The base, boost, and game clock fields are all null, leaving clocks unquantified as well. Therefore any statement about relative speed must be treated as unsupported by the current data. What remains is the simple database position: 0 average benchmark score, 50th percentile, no benchmark runs.

How It Compares

nearestRivals is empty. There are no rival names, no rival scores, and no deltaPct values in the fact pack. This makes a standard competitive comparison impossible. The only contextual points are the predecessor and successor fields. The predecessor is Quadro2 Go; the successor is Quadro FX Go. This positions the Quadro4 500 Go GL between those two names in the Quadro Go product lineage. It does not, however, give a performance relationship.

The 50th percentile versus all GPUs is the sole comparative metric. A 50th percentile position is exactly the middle of the database distribution. But because no nearest rivals are listed, the product has no direct "vs." entries. The lack of rivals also means no percentage deltas can be cited. In place of rival paragraphs, the data offers only this: a Quadro4 Go generation part, between Quadro2 Go and Quadro FX Go, at the median percentile. That is a positional statement, not a speed statement.

Ray Tracing and Feature Set

The fact pack lists no RT cores and no tensor cores. For the Celsius architecture, the listed feature set is defined by the 4 texture mapping units and 2 raster output units. The texture rate is 880.0 MTexel/s and the pixel rate is 440.0 MPixel/s. API support is DirectX 7.0 and OpenGL 1.5. No Vulkan version is listed. The bus interface is AGP 4x. Display outputs are Portable Device Dependent. The shading unit count is absent from the fact pack, so per-shader arithmetic rates cannot be described.

The manufacturing details are part of the feature set as well. TSMC built the NV17 on a 150 nm process, with 29 million transistors and a 65 mm² die. The transistor density is 446.2K / mm². The memory clock is 220 MHz, providing 3.520 GB/s over a 128-bit SDR bus. The absence of RT cores and tensor cores indicates no hardware-accelerated ray tracing or tensor operations. The API list further limits software compatibility to DirectX 7.0 and OpenGL 1.5. Thus the feature set is that of an early mobile DirectX 7 part, not a compute device with ray tracing or tensor support.

FAQ

Q: What is the memory configuration?

A: It has 64 MB of SDR memory on a 128-bit bus, with a 220 MHz memory clock and 3.520 GB/s bandwidth.

Q: What APIs are supported?

A: DirectX 7.0 and OpenGL 1.5; no Vulkan version is listed.

Q: Does the GPU list ray tracing or tensor cores?

A: No RT cores and no tensor cores are listed in the fact pack.

Q: How is it powered?

A: The power connector field is None; TDP and suggested PSU are not listed.

Q: What are the display outputs?

A: Display outputs are Portable Device Dependent.

Q: What is its production status?

A: It is end-of-life, with a release date of 2002-04-22.

Who Should Consider It

The data does not support a resolution-based recommendation because no benchmark scores exist. There are no measured scores at any resolution, so any performance expectation must come from the listed specifications. The 64 MB SDR memory and 3.520 GB/s bandwidth define a small memory pool. The pixel rate of 440.0 MPixel/s and texture rate of 880.0 MTexel/s define the fill-rate ceiling. The APIs are DirectX 7.0 and OpenGL 1.5. Therefore the likely user is one running software that targets those APIs and fits within 64 MB of memory.

The display outputs are Portable Device Dependent, so the GPU is intended for a portable system rather than a desktop display setup. The 50th percentile placement suggests a middle position in the database, but with zero benchmark score, it should not be read as a measured performance endorsement. It is end-of-life, so the intended context is historical. Users with workloads requiring features not listed—Vulkan, RT cores, tensor cores—will not find them. In short, the only supported use cases are those that align with DirectX 7.0, OpenGL 1.5, and the small memory and fill-rate limits.

Power and Cooling

The power-related fields are mostly empty. TDP is null, suggested PSU is null, and power connectors are None. With no auxiliary connectors, the GPU does not request power from a desktop PSU connector. The "Go" name and Portable Device Dependent display outputs point to a mobile environment where power is supplied by the portable device itself. The database does not provide a wattage figure, so the data cannot quantify power draw. It also cannot list a PSU recommendation.

The slot width is null, and length, height, and width dimensions are null. No cooling device size is recorded. The only definite statement is that the board has no power connectors. Without TDP, the thermal side is unquantified. The null values mean any power or cooling conclusion must be limited to what the fact pack explicitly says: connectors None, no TDP, no suggested PSU.

Memory Subsystem

The memory subsystem consists of 64 MB of SDR memory on a 128-bit bus. The memory clock is 220 MHz. The resulting bandwidth is 3.520 GB/s. This bandwidth is the data-movement budget for textures and framebuffer content. The 128-bit bus is the interface width, but the SDR memory type and 220 MHz clock determine the final bandwidth.

The GPU also has a pixel rate of 440.0 MPixel/s and a texture rate of 880.0 MTexel/s. For high resolutions, the framebuffer itself consumes part of the 64 MB capacity, and each additional resolution step increases the pixel data that must be written. The 440.0 MPixel/s ceiling limits how many pixels can be rasterized per second. The 3.520 GB/s bandwidth limits how much texture and pixel data can be moved in that time. With 64 MB, large textures or multiple buffers may not fit.

The fact pack provides no measured high-resolution results, so the exact impact on resolutions is not quantified. The specifications, however, indicate a tight memory budget for high-resolution usage. The 64 MB capacity, 220 MHz SDR clock, 128-bit bus, and 3.520 GB/s bandwidth are the only memory-related facts available, and they all point to a part designed for constrained portable workloads rather than large framebuffer operations.