Arctic Sound-M vs Quadro FX Go 1400
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 | no data | Generation 12.5 (2021−2023) |
| GPU code name | NV41M | Arctic Sound |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 25 February 2005 (19 years ago) | 2022 (2 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 cores | 17 | 8192 |
| Core clock speed | 5 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 330 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 8,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 500 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 230.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 14.75 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 128 |
| TMUs | no data | 256 |
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 size | large | no data |
| Interface | no data | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 8-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 type | 256 | HBM2e |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 4096 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 500 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 1.23 TB/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 Connectors | no data | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | no data | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | - | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 16 GB |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 10 nm |
Arctic Sound-M has a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1200% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro FX Go 1400 and Arctic Sound-M. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro FX Go 1400 is a mobile workstation card while Arctic Sound-M is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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