Quadro FX 4600 SDI vs FireStream 9270

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking783not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.53no data
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameRV770G80
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date13 November 2008 (16 years ago)5 March 2007 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$5,999

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores80096
Core clock speed750 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors956 million681 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)160 Watt154 Watt
Texture fill rate30.0024.00
Floating-point processing power1.2 TFLOPS0.2304 TFLOPS
ROPs1624
TMUs4024
L1 Cache160 KBno data
L2 Cache256 KB96 KB

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Lengthno data229 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB768 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz700 MHz
Memory bandwidth115.2 GB/s67.2 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API and SDK support

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.14.0
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 November 2008 5 March 2007
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 768 MB
Chip lithography 55 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt 154 Watt

FireStream 9270 has an age advantage of 1 year, a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 63.6% more advanced lithography process.

FX 4600 SDI, on the other hand, has 3.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FireStream 9270 and Quadro FX 4600 SDI. We've got no test results to judge.

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