Radeon R7 M260DX vs Quadro4 100 NVS
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 943 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Celsius (1999−2005) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | NV17 A3 | Jet |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 22 December 2003 (22 years ago) | 7 January 2014 (12 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 | 320 |
| Core clock speed | 250 MHz | 780 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 855 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 29 million | 690 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 1.000 | 17.10 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.5472 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 2 | 8 |
| TMUs | 4 | 20 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 80 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 128 KB |
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 | AGP 4x | IGP |
| Length | 168 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
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 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 166 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 5.312 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | no data | + |
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 LFH60 | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 8.0 | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 1.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 22 December 2003 | 7 January 2014 |
| Chip lithography | 150 nm | 28 nm |
R7 M260DX has an age advantage of 10 years, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro4 100 NVS and Radeon R7 M260DX. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro4 100 NVS is a workstation graphics card while Radeon R7 M260DX is a notebook one.
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