NVIDIA started Quadro4 980 XGL sales 12 November 2002. This is a Kelvin architecture desktop card based on 150 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 128 MB of DDR memory clocked at 0.33 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 10.4 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a single-slot graphics card attached via AGP 8x interface.

Primary details

Some basic facts about Quadro4 980 XGL: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking	1502
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Architecture	Kelvin (2001−2003)
GPU code name	NV28 A2
Market segment	Workstation
Release date	12 November 2002 (22 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Quadro4 980 XGL's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Quadro4 980 XGL's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Core clock speed	300 MHz	of 2670 MHz (Arc B580)
Number of transistors	36 million	of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB)
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Texture fill rate	2.400	of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
ROPs	8	of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX)
TMUs	8	of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Quadro4 980 XGL and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Interface	AGP 8x
Width	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on Quadro4 980 XGL: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	of 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width	128 Bit	of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	325 MHz	of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth	10.4 GB/s	of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on Quadro4 980 XGL. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

APIs supported by Quadro4 980 XGL, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	8.1
OpenGL	1.3	of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090)
OpenCL	N/A
Vulkan	N/A

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Quadro4 980 XGL. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Quadro4 980 XGL 0.01

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Quadro4 980 XGL 5

Gaming performance

Let's see how good Quadro4 980 XGL is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.