GeForce 6700 XL vs Quadro P400

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	641	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.79	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	GP107	NV43 A2
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	7 February 2017 (7 years ago)	14 November 2004 (19 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$119.99	no data
Current price	$73 (0.6x MSRP)	$535

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	256	no data
Core clock speed	1228 MHz	525 MHz
Boost clock speed	1252 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	3,300 million	146 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	20.03	4.200
Floating-point performance	679.9 gflops	no data

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	145 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-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 type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory bandwidth	32.06 GB/s	17.6 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 Connectors

3x mini-DisplayPort

1x DVI, 1x VGA

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	6.4	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	6.1	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	7 February 2017	14 November 2004
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	110 nm

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