Radeon Steam Deck 8CU vs Quadro4 200 NVS
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Celsius (1999−2005) | RDNA 2 (2022−2023) |
| GPU code name | NV17 A3 | RDNA 2 Sephiroth |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 22 December 2003 (20 years ago) | 9 November 2023 (1 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 cores | no data | 512 |
| Core clock speed | 250 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1900 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 29 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 11 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 1.000 | no data |
| ROPs | 2 | no data |
| TMUs | 4 | no data |
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 | no data |
| 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 | no data |
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | no data |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | no data |
| Memory clock speed | 250 MHz | no data |
| Memory bandwidth | 8 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | no data | + |
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 | 1x LFH60 | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 8.0 | 12_1 |
| OpenGL | 1.3 | no data |
| OpenCL | N/A | no data |
| Vulkan | N/A | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 22 December 2003 | 9 November 2023 |
| Chip lithography | 150 nm | 6 nm |
Steam Deck 8CU has an age advantage of 19 years, and a 2400% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro4 200 NVS and Radeon Steam Deck 8CU. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro4 200 NVS is a workstation card while Radeon Steam Deck 8CU is a notebook 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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