ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View PCIe x1 vs Quadro FX 380 LP

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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)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameGT218RV620
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date1 December 2009 (14 years ago)2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$169 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 cores1640
Core clock speed550 MHz400 MHz
Number of transistors260 million181 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)28 Watt32 Watt
Texture fill rate4.4001.600
Floating-point processing power0.044 TFLOPSno data
ROPs44
TMUs84

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 2.0 x1
Length168 mm170 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
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 typeGDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB256 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz800 MBps
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/s6.4 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 DVI, 1x DisplayPort1x VHDCI

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.14.1
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.2-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 256 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 28 Watt 32 Watt

FX 380 LP has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 14.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 380 LP and FirePro 2450 Multi-View PCIe x1. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP
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