Quadro4 500 XGL vs GeForce 405M
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) | Celsius (1999−2005) |
| GPU code name | GT218 | NV17 A3 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 5 January 2011 (15 years ago) | 19 February 2002 (24 years ago) |
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 | 16 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 606 MHz | 250 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 260 million | 29 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 14 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 4.848 | 1.000 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.03878 TFLOPS | no data |
| Gigaflops | 73 | no data |
| ROPs | 4 | 4 |
| TMUs | 8 | 4 |
| L2 Cache | 32 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).
| Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | AGP 4x |
| Length | no data | 168 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | SDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | Up to 512 MB | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | Up to 800 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz | 166 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | 2.656 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
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 | DisplayPort, HDMI, VGA, Dual Link DVI, Single Link DVI | No outputs |
| Multi monitor support | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | - |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Power management | 8.0 | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 API | 8.0 |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 5 January 2011 | 19 February 2002 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 150 nm |
GeForce 405M has an age advantage of 8 years, and a 275% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 405M and Quadro4 500 XGL. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 405M is a notebook graphics card while Quadro4 500 XGL is a workstation one.
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