Quadro4 400 NVS PCI vs Radeon R9 M295X
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 442 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 3.79 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 3.0 (2014−2019) | Celsius (1999−2005) |
| GPU code name | Amethyst | NV17 A3 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 23 November 2014 (11 years ago) | 16 July 2004 (21 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 | 2048 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 723 MHz | 220 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 5,000 million | 29 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 18 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 92.54 | 0.88 ×2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.961 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 32 | 2 ×2 |
| TMUs | 128 | 4 ×2 |
| L1 Cache | 512 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | 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).
| Laptop size | large | no data |
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | no data |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCI |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | Not Listed | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 0 MB | 64 MB ×2 |
| Memory bus width | Not Listed | 128 Bit ×2 |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 166 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 160.0 GB/s | 5.312 GB/s ×2 |
| 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 | No outputs | 2x LFH60 |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| FreeSync | + | - |
| HD3D | + | - |
| PowerTune | + | - |
| DualGraphics | + | - |
| ZeroCore | + | - |
| Switchable graphics | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | Not Listed | 8.0 |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL | Not Listed | N/A |
| Vulkan | - | N/A |
| Mantle | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 23 November 2014 | 16 July 2004 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 18 Watt |
R9 M295X has an age advantage of 10 years, and a 436% more advanced lithography process.
Quadro4 400 NVS PCI, on the other hand, has 1289% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 M295X and Quadro4 400 NVS PCI. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon R9 M295X is a notebook graphics card while Quadro4 400 NVS PCI is a workstation one.
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