FirePro S9300 X2 vs Quadro NVS 440

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1452not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.22no data
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameNV43 A4Capsaicin
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date14 February 2006 (18 years ago)31 March 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$96.99 $5,999

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 coresno data4096
Core clock speed250 MHz850 MHz
Number of transistors146 million8,900 million
Manufacturing process technology110 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)31 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate2.000217.6
Floating-point processing powerno data6.963 TFLOPS
ROPs864
TMUs8256

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length187 mm267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR3HBM
Maximum RAM amount128 MB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit4096 Bit
Memory clock speed250 MHz500 MHz
Memory bandwidth8 GB/s512.0 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DMS-59No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (12_0)
Shader Model3.06.0
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A2.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 February 2006 31 March 2016
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 110 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 31 Watt 300 Watt

NVS 440 has 867.7% lower power consumption.

S9300 X2, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 292.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro NVS 440 and FirePro S9300 X2. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440
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