GRID K540Q vs Quadro FX 1800

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1144not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
Power efficiency1.24no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameG94GK104
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date30 March 2009 (16 years ago)2 July 2014 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$489 $3,599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores641536 ×2
Core clock speed550 MHz745 MHz
Number of transistors505 million3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)59 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate17.6095.36 ×2
Floating-point processing power0.176 TFLOPS2.289 TFLOPS ×2
ROPs1232 ×2
TMUs32128 ×2

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
Length198 mm267 mm
Width1-slot2-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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount768 MB4 GB ×2
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit ×2
Memory clock speed800 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth38.4 GB/s160.0 GB/s ×2

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 Connectors1x DVI, 2x DisplayPortNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model4.05.1
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA1.13.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 March 2009 2 July 2014
Maximum RAM amount 768 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 59 Watt 225 Watt

FX 1800 has 281.4% lower power consumption.

GRID K540Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 433.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

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