FirePro S9300 X2 vs Quadro FX 3450
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1364 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.01 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 0.34 | no data |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | GCN 3.0 (2014−2019) |
| GPU code name | NV41 | Capsaicin |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 28 July 2005 (21 years ago) | 31 March 2016 (10 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $135.75 | $5,999 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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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 | no data | 4096 ×2 |
| Core clock speed | 425 MHz | 850 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 190 million | 8,900 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 83 Watt | 300 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 5.100 | 217.6 ×2 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 6.963 TFLOPS ×2 |
| ROPs | 8 | 64 ×2 |
| TMUs | 12 | 256 ×2 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 1 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 2 MB |
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 | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 226 mm | 267 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 2x 8-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 | GDDR3 | HBM |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 4 GB ×2 |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 4096 Bit ×2 |
| Memory clock speed | 500 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 32 GB/s | 512.0 GB/s ×2 |
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 | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 6.0 |
| OpenGL | 2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial) | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 28 July 2005 | 31 March 2016 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 83 Watt | 300 Watt |
FX 3450 has 261% lower power consumption.
S9300 X2, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 364% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 3450 and FirePro S9300 X2. We've got no test results to judge.
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