Quadro 4100 vs NVS 300

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameGT218GK104
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date8 January 2011 (13 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$109 no data

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 cores161344
Core clock speed520 MHz797 MHz
Number of transistors260 million3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)18 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate4.16089.26
Floating-point processing power0.03936 TFLOPSno data
ROPs432
TMUs8112

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 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length145 mm160 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB2 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed790 MHz1782 MBps
Memory bandwidth12.64 GB/s57.02 GB/s

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 DMS-594x mini-DisplayPort 1.2

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model4.16.5 (5.1)
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.2.175
CUDA1.23.0

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 18 Watt 35 Watt

NVS 300 has 94.4% lower power consumption.

Quadro 4100, on the other hand, has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between NVS 300 and Quadro 4100. We've got no test results to judge.


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