A10 PCIe vs Quadro FX 880M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1213not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGT2xx (2009−2012)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameN10P-GLMGA102
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date7 January 2010 (14 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 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 cores489216
Core clock speed550 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1695 MHz
Number of transistors486 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate8.800488.2
Floating-point processing power0.1162 gflops31.24 gflops
ROPs896
TMUs16288

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data8-pin EPS

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 typeGDDR3, DDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB24 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed790 MHz12.5 GB/s
Memory bandwidth25.28 GB/s600.2 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.16.6
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA1.28.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 January 2010 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 150 Watt

FX 880M has 328.6% lower power consumption.

A10 PCIe, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 880M and A10 PCIe. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 880M is a mobile workstation card while A10 PCIe is a desktop one.


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