NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440 PCIe x16: specs and benchmarks

Summary

NVIDIA started Quadro NVS 440 PCIe x16 sales 14 February 2006. This is a Curie architecture desktop card based on 110 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 128 MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 500 MBps are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 8 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is single-slot card attached via PCIe 1.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 187 mm. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 31 Watt.

Primary Details

Some basic facts about Quadro NVS 440 PCIe x16: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Architecture	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	NV43
Market segment	Workstation
Release date	14 February 2006 (18 years ago)
Current price	$150	of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB)

Detailed Specifications

Quadro NVS 440 PCIe x16's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Quadro NVS 440 PCIe x16's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Core clock speed	250 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Number of transistors	146 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	of 4 (Radeon 780M)
Power consumption (TDP)	31 Watt	of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	2.000	of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)

Form Factor & Compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Quadro NVS 440 PCIe x16 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	187 mm
Width	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None

Memory type	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width	128 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	500 MBps	of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
Memory bandwidth	8 GB/s	of 3276 (Aldebaran)

Connectivity and Outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on Quadro NVS 440 PCIe x16. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors

2x DMS-59

API Compatibility

APIs supported by Quadro NVS 440 PCIe x16, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	3.0
OpenGL	2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)	of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090)
OpenCL	N/A
Vulkan	N/A

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Quadro NVS 440 PCIe x16. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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