GRID M6-8Q vs Quadro4 100 NVS PCI
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 530 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 6.50 |
| Architecture | Celsius (1999−2005) | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) |
| GPU code name | NV17 A3 | GM204 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 22 December 2003 (21 years ago) | 30 August 2015 (10 years 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 cores | no data | 1536 |
| Core clock speed | 250 MHz | 722 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 29 million | 5,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | 100 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1.000 | 69.31 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 2.218 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 2 | 64 |
| TMUs | 4 | 96 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 576 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 2 MB |
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 | PCI | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 168 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | MXM Module |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 | DDR | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 166 MHz | 1253 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 5.312 GB/s | 160.4 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 8.0 | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 1.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.1.126 |
| CUDA | - | 5.2 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 22 December 2003 | 30 August 2015 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 150 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | 100 Watt |
Quadro4 100 NVS PCI has 900% lower power consumption.
GRID M6-8Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro4 100 NVS PCI and GRID M6-8Q. We've got no test results to judge.
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