Quadro4 980 XGL vs FirePro W2100

Primary Details

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

Place in performance ranking	809	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	0.39	no data
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	Kelvin (2001−2003)
GPU code name	Mars	NV28 A2
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	2 October 2015 (8 years ago)	12 November 2002 (21 year ago)
Current price	$123	$651

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed Specifications

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	320	no data
Core clock speed	680 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	680 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	950 million	36 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	26 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	13.60	2.400
Floating-point performance	435.2 gflops	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	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	AGP 8x
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Form factor	low profile / half length	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

Memory type	DDR3	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	650 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	10.4 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

Connectivity and Outputs

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	2x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort count	2	no data
Dual-link DVI support	1	no data

Supported Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration

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API Compatibility

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

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & Cons Summary

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Recency	2 October 2015	12 November 2002
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	150 nm

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