GeForce RTX 3070 16 GB 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 nameGP107GA104
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date7 February 2017 (7 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$119.99 $599

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 cores2565888
Core clock speed1228 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1252 MHz1725 MHz
Number of transistors3,300 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate20.03317.4
Floating-point processing power0.641 TFLOPS20.31 TFLOPS
ROPs1696
TMUs16184

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 x16
Length145 mm242 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 12-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB16 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1002 MHz14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth32.06 GB/s448.0 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 Connectors3x mini-DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA6.18.5

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 250 Watt

Quadro P400 has 733.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 3070 16 GB, on the other hand, has a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro P400 and GeForce RTX 3070 16 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro P400 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 3070 16 GB is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro P400
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