Quadro4 380 XGL vs Radeon Pro Duo Polaris
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1560 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) | Celsius (1999−2005) |
| GPU code name | Ellesmere | NV18 A4 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 24 April 2017 (8 years ago) | 12 November 2002 (23 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | no data |
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 | 2304 ×2 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 1243 MHz | 275 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 5,700 million | 29 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 179.0 ×2 | 1.100 |
| Floating-point processing power | 5.728 TFLOPS ×2 | no data |
| ROPs | 32 ×2 | 4 |
| TMUs | 144 ×2 | 4 |
| L1 Cache | 576 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | 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 | PCIe 3.0 x16 | AGP 8x |
| Length | 305 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 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 | GDDR5 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB ×2 | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit ×2 | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz | 256 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 224.0 GB/s ×2 | 8.192 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 HDMI 2.0b, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
| HDMI | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 8.0 |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 24 April 2017 | 12 November 2002 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 128 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 150 nm |
Pro Duo Polaris has an age advantage of 14 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 971.4% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon Pro Duo Polaris and Quadro4 380 XGL. We've got no test results to judge.
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