Quadro FX 4000 SDI vs HD Graphics 3000

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1279	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Generation 6.0 (2011)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	Sandy Bridge GT2+	NV41
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	1 February 2011 (15 years ago)	19 April 2004 (22 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$4,999

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	96	no data
Core clock speed	650 MHz	425 MHz
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,160 million	190 million
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	unknown	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	15.60	5.100
Floating-point processing power	0.2496 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	2	8
TMUs	12	12

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).

Interface	Ring Bus	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	no data	214 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-pin

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	System Shared	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	256 MB
Memory bus width	System Shared	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	32 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

Portable Device Dependent

1x DVI, 4x SDI

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	4.1	3.0
OpenGL	3.1	2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)
OpenCL	N/A	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 February 2011	19 April 2004
Chip lithography	32 nm	130 nm