A2 vs Quadro P400

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking679not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.75no data
Power efficiency9.75no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP107GA107
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date7 February 2017 (7 years ago)10 November 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$119.99 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores2561280
Core clock speed1228 MHz1440 MHz
Boost clock speed1252 MHz1770 MHz
Number of transistors3,300 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate20.0370.80
Floating-point processing power0.641 TFLOPS4.531 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs1640
Tensor Coresno data40
Ray Tracing Coresno data10

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 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length145 mmno data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB16 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1002 MHz1563 MHz
Memory bandwidth32.06 GB/s200.1 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 Connectors3x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA6.18.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Quadro P400 5624
A2 34634
+516%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Quadro P400 5134
A2 34563
+573%

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.

Quadro P400 5691
A2 38140
+570%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 February 2017 10 November 2021
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 60 Watt

Quadro P400 has 100% lower power consumption.

A2, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro P400 and A2. We've got no test results to judge.


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