Quadro FX 3400 vs Quadro FX 3000

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
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameNV35NV45
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date22 July 2003 (21 year ago)28 June 2004 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$203 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.

Core clock speed400 MHz350 MHz
Number of transistors135 million222 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data101 Watt
Texture fill rate3.2005.600
ROPs416
TMUs816

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 1.0 x16
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x Molex1x 6-pin

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 typeDDRGDDR3
Maximum RAM amount256 MB256 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed425 MHz450 MHz
Memory bandwidth27.2 GB/s28.8 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0a9.0c (9_3)
Shader Modelno data3.0
OpenGL1.5 (2.1)2.1
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 July 2003 28 June 2004

FX 3400 has an age advantage of 11 months.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 3000 and Quadro FX 3400. We've got no test results to judge.


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