FirePro 2270 PCIe x1 vs Quadro FX 4400
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | NV45 | Cedar |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 28 July 2005 (20 years ago) | 31 January 2011 (14 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $2,399 | 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 cores | no data | 80 |
| Core clock speed | 375 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 222 million | 292 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 83 Watt | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 4.500 | 4.800 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.096 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 12 | 4 |
| TMUs | 12 | 8 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 8 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 128 KB |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x1 |
| Length | no data | 170 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | None |
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 type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 525 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 33.6 GB/s | 9.6 GB/s |
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 Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | 1x DMS-59 |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 28 July 2005 | 31 January 2011 |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 83 Watt | 15 Watt |
2270 PCIe x1 has an age advantage of 5 years, a 225% more advanced lithography process, and 453.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 4400 and FirePro 2270 PCIe x1. We've got no test results to judge.
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