Quadro NVS 300M vs FirePro V3900

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	1036	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.14	no data
Power efficiency	2.34	no data
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	Turks	G73
Market segment	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	7 February 2012 (14 years ago)	24 May 2006 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$119	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

Currently popular graphics cards are shown for comparison.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	480	13
Core clock speed	650 MHz	500 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	450 MHz
Number of transistors	716 million	177 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	199 Watt	16 Watt
Texture fill rate	15.60	2.000
Floating-point processing power	0.624 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	8	2
TMUs	24	4
L1 Cache	48 KB	no data
L2 Cache	256 KB	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Bus support	PCIe 2.1 x16	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Form factor	half height / half length	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	700 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28 GB/s	22.4 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort 1.1	No outputs
DisplayPort count	1	no data
Dual-link DVI support	+	-
HD сomponent video output	+	-

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	5.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	7 February 2012	24 May 2006
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	199 Watt	16 Watt