Quadro FX 3400 vs GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking207not rated
Place by popularity9not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation17.18no data
Power efficiency15.22no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameGP106NV45
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date19 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.

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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 cores1280no data
Core clock speed1506 MHz350 MHz
Boost clock speed1709 MHzno data
Number of transistors4,400 million222 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt101 Watt
Texture fill rate136.75.600
Floating-point processing power4.375 TFLOPSno data
ROPs4816
TMUs8016

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 3.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Length250 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 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 amount6 GB256 MB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz450 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s28.8 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort2x 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.

DirectX12 (12_1)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model6.43.0
OpenGL4.62.1
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


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

GTX 1060 6 GB has an age advantage of 12 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 712.5% more advanced lithography process.

FX 3400, on the other hand, has 18.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and Quadro FX 3400. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB is a desktop card while Quadro FX 3400 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
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