Quadro 400 vs GeForce 9800 GT

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	1003	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.02	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name	G92	GT216
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	21 July 2008 (15 years ago)	5 April 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$160	$169
Current price	$154 (1x MSRP)	$217 (1.3x MSRP)

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	112	48
CUDA cores	112	no data
Core clock speed	600 MHz	450 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	486 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	32 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	33.6 billion/sec	7.200
Floating-point performance	336.0 gflops	108 gflops

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 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	9" (22.9 cm)	163 mm
Height	1-slot	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
SLI options	+	no data

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	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1540 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB/s	12.32 GB/s

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	HDTVDual Link DVI	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	4.0	4.1
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	1.2

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	21 July 2008	5 April 2011
Cost	$160	$169
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	32 Watt

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