Quadro NVS 280 PCI vs GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	43	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	44.54	no data
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2022)	Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code name	Ampere GA104	NV34 B1
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	1 December 2020 (3 years ago)	28 October 2003 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	no data
Current price	$361 (0.9x MSRP)	$100

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	4864	no data
Core clock speed	1410 MHz	275 MHz
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	17,400 million	45 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	220 Watt	13 Watt
Texture fill rate	253.1	1.100

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 4.0 x16	PCI
Length	242 mm	168 mm
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	None

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	GDDR6	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	64 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	448.0 GB/s	8 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	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DMS-59
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	9.0a
Shader Model	6.5	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.5 (2.1)
OpenCL	2.0	N/A
Vulkan	1.2	N/A
CUDA	8.6	no data

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	1 December 2020	28 October 2003
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	64 MB
Chip lithography	8 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	220 Watt	13 Watt

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