GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs Quadro Plex 2100 S4
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 5 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 61 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 38.30 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 19.06 |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | G80 | AD103 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 25 July 2008 (16 years ago) | 8 January 2024 (less than a year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $999 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 cores | 128 | 10240 |
| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 2295 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2550 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 681 million | 45,900 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 640 Watt | 320 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 38.40 | 816.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.3456 TFLOPS | 52.22 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 24 | 112 |
| TMUs | 32 | 320 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 320 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 80 |
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 1.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 522 mm | 310 mm |
| Width | no data | 3-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 16-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 | GDDR3 | GDDR6X |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1536 MB | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 1438 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s | 736.3 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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 | No outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | + | 8.9 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 25 July 2008 | 8 January 2024 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1536 MB | 16 GB |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 640 Watt | 320 Watt |
RTX 4080 SUPER has an age advantage of 15 years, a 966.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 1700% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Quadro Plex 2100 S4 and GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro Plex 2100 S4 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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