RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation vs Quadro P400

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro P400 and RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Quadro P400
2017
2 GB GDDR5, 30 Watt
4.27

RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation outperforms P400 by a whopping 1164% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking67948
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.77no data
Power efficiency9.7652.86
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGP107AD104
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date7 February 2017 (7 years ago)21 March 2023 (1 year 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 cores2566144
Core clock speed1228 MHz720 MHz
Boost clock speed1252 MHz1560 MHz
Number of transistors3,300 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate20.03299.5
Floating-point processing power0.641 TFLOPS19.17 TFLOPS
ROPs1680
TMUs16192
Tensor Coresno data192
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

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 mm168 mm
Width1-slot2-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 GB20 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit160 Bit
Memory clock speed1002 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth32.06 GB/s280.0 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-DisplayPort4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA6.18.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Quadro P400 4.27
RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation 53.97
+1164%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Quadro P400 1645
RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation 20796
+1164%

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
RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation 124340
+2111%

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
RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation 105594
+1957%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.27 53.97
Recency 7 February 2017 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 20 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 70 Watt

Quadro P400 has 133.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation, on the other hand, has a 1163.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro P400 in performance tests.


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