GeForce4 488 Go vs Quadro FX 1800M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1129	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.98	no data
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	GT215	NV18 A4
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	15 June 2009 (17 years ago)	1 March 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	72	2
Core clock speed	561 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	275 MHz
Number of transistors	727 million	29 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	13.46	1.200
Floating-point processing power	0.162 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	8	2
TMUs	24	4
L2 Cache	64 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	medium sized	no data
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	AGP 8x

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	GDDR5	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	64 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	550 MHz	275 MHz
Memory bandwidth	35.2 GB/s	8.8 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

No outputs

No outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	8.0
Shader Model	4.1	no data
OpenGL	3.3	1.3
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	15 June 2009	1 March 2002
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	64 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	150 nm