GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q vs Quadro FX 3400

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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
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameNV45GP107
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date28 June 2004 (20 years ago)1 February 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 data768
Core clock speed350 MHz1366 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1442 MHz
Number of transistors222 million3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)101 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate5.60069.22
Floating-point processing powerno data2.215 TFLOPS
ROPs1624
TMUs1648

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 1.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 amount256 MB3 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed450 MHz1752 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/s84.1 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-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (12_1)
Shader Model3.06.4
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA-6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 June 2004 1 February 2019
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 3 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 101 Watt 75 Watt

GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q has an age advantage of 14 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 828.6% more advanced lithography process, and 34.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 3400 and GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 3400 is a workstation card while GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400
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