Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q vs GeForce2 GTS

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated168
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data27.79
ArchitectureCelsius (1999−2005)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameNV15 A5TU104
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date26 April 2000 (24 years ago)27 May 2019 (5 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 coresno data2560
Core clock speed200 MHz780 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1380 MHz
Number of transistors25 million13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data80 Watt
Texture fill rate1.600220.8
Floating-point processing powerno data7.066 TFLOPS
ROPs464
TMUs8160
Tensor Coresno data320
Ray Tracing Coresno data40

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 sizeno datalarge
InterfaceAGP 4xPCIe 3.0 x16
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount32 MB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed166 MHz1625 MHz
Memory bandwidth5.312 GB/s416.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno 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 Connectors1x VGANo outputs
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

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

VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX7.012 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGL1.24.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA-7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 26 April 2000 27 May 2019
Maximum RAM amount 32 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 12 nm

RTX 4000 Max-Q has an age advantage of 19 years, a 25500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1150% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce2 GTS and Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce2 GTS is a desktop card while Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q is a mobile workstation one.


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