Quadro NVS 280 SD vs GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1601 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2025) | Celsius (1999−2005) |
| GPU code name | GA104 | NV18 C1 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 12 January 2021 (4 years ago) | 31 May 2005 (20 years ago) |
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 | 5120 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 780 MHz | 250 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1290 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 17,400 million | 29 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 10 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 206.4 | 1.000 |
| Floating-point processing power | 13.21 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 80 | 2 |
| TMUs | 160 | 4 |
| Tensor Cores | 160 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 40 | no data |
| L1 Cache | 5 MB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 4 MB | no data |
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).
| Laptop size | large | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | AGP 8x |
| Length | no data | 168 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1500 MHz | 200 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 384.0 GB/s | 3.2 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
| Resizable BAR | + | - |
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 Connectors | No outputs | 1x DMS-59 |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 8.0 |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | N/A |
| CUDA | 8.6 | - |
| DLSS | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 12 January 2021 | 31 May 2005 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 64 MB |
| Chip lithography | 8 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 10 Watt |
RTX 3070 Max-Q has an age advantage of 15 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1775% more advanced lithography process.
NVS 280 SD, on the other hand, has 700% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q and Quadro NVS 280 SD. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q is a notebook graphics card while Quadro NVS 280 SD is a workstation one.
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