Quadro NVS 280 PCI vs Quadro4 400 NVS PCI

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1490
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data0.11
ArchitectureCelsius (1999−2005)Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code nameNV17 A3NV34 B1
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date16 July 2004 (20 years ago)28 October 2003 (21 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.

Core clock speed220 MHz275 MHz
Number of transistors29 million45 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)18 Watt13 Watt
Texture fill rate0.881.100
ROPs22
TMUs44

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).

InterfacePCIPCI
Lengthno data168 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 typeDDRDDR
Maximum RAM amount64 MB64 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed166 MHz250 MHz
Memory bandwidth5.312 GB/s8 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 Connectors2x LFH601x DMS-59

API compatibility

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

DirectX8.09.0a
OpenGL1.31.5 (2.1)
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 July 2004 28 October 2003
Power consumption (TDP) 18 Watt 13 Watt

Quadro4 400 NVS PCI has an age advantage of 8 months.

NVS 280 PCI, on the other hand, has 38.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro4 400 NVS PCI and Quadro NVS 280 PCI. We've got no test results to judge.


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