Quadro4 980 XGL vs FirePro D300

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	421	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	3.96	no data
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Kelvin (2001−2003)
GPU code name	Pitcairn	NV28 A2
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	18 January 2014 (10 years old)	12 November 2002 (21 year old)
Current price	$260	$651

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1280	no data
Core clock speed	850 MHz	300 MHz
Number of transistors	2,800 million	36 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	68.00	2.400
Floating-point performance	2,176 gflops	no data

Size and 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 3.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	242 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

Memory

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	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5080 MHz	650 MHz
Memory bandwidth	162.6 GB/s	10.4 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

4x DisplayPort

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API support

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	8.1
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.3
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	18 January 2014	12 November 2002
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	150 nm

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