Quadro FX 330 vs Quadro K4100M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	547	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.50	no data
Power efficiency	4.91	no data
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code name	GK104	NV37
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Release date	23 July 2013 (11 years ago)	28 June 2004 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,499	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	1152	no data
Core clock speed	706 MHz	250 MHz
Number of transistors	3,540 million	45 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	21 Watt
Texture fill rate	67.78	1.000
Floating-point processing power	1.627 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	2
TMUs	96	4

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	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	no data	168 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	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	GDDR5	DDR2
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	64 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	200 MHz
Memory bandwidth	102.4 GB/s	3.2 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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 outputs	1x DVI
Display Port	1.2	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus	+	-
3D Vision Pro	+	no data
Mosaic	+	no data
nView Display Management	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12	9.0a
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.5	1.5 (2.1)
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	+	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	23 July 2013	28 June 2004
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	64 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	21 Watt

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