RTX A400 vs Quadro2 MXR Low Profile

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated406
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data16.62
ArchitectureCelsius (1999−2005)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNV11 B2GA107
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date25 July 2000 (24 years ago)16 April 2024 (less than a year ago)

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 coresno data768
Core clock speed200 MHz727 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1762 MHz
Number of transistors20 million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology180 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data50 Watt
Texture fill rate0.842.29
Floating-point processing powerno data2.706 TFLOPS
ROPs416
TMUs424
Tensor Coresno data24
Ray Tracing Coresno data6

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).

InterfaceAGP 4xPCIe 4.0 x8
Lengthno data163 mm
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 typeSDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount32 MB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed183 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth2.928 GB/s96 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 Connectors1x VGA4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX7.012 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGL1.24.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 July 2000 16 April 2024
Maximum RAM amount 32 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 180 nm 8 nm

RTX A400 has an age advantage of 23 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2150% more advanced lithography process.

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