Quadro FX 3400 vs GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	204	not rated
Place by popularity	9	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	17.13	no data
Power efficiency	15.44	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	GP106	NV45
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	19 July 2016 (8 years ago)	28 June 2004 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$299	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	1280	no data
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	350 MHz
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	4,400 million	222 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	101 Watt
Texture fill rate	136.7	5.600
Floating-point processing power	4.375 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	48	16
TMUs	80	16

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 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	250 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz	450 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB/s	28.8 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI	+	-
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready

+

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	6.4	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	6.1	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	19 July 2016	28 June 2004
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	16 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	101 Watt

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