Quadro NVS 440 PCIe x16 vs Radeon RX 6800 XT
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 43 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 43.71 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 15.29 | no data |
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025) | Curie (2003−2013) |
| GPU code name | Navi 21 | NV43 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 28 October 2020 (5 years ago) | 14 February 2006 (19 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $649 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 4608 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 1825 MHz | 250 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2250 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 26,800 million | 146 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 110 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 31 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 648.0 | 2.000 ×2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 20.74 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 128 | 4 ×2 |
| TMUs | 288 | 8 ×2 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 72 | no data |
| L0 Cache | 1.1 MB | no data |
| L1 Cache | 1 MB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 4 MB | no data |
| L3 Cache | 128 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 4.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 187 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 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 | GDDR6 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 128 MB ×2 |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit ×2 |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz | 250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 512.0 GB/s | 8 GB/s ×2 |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | + | - |
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, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C | 2x DMS-59 |
| HDMI | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 9.0c (9_3) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial) |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 28 October 2020 | 14 February 2006 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 128 MB |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 110 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 31 Watt |
RX 6800 XT has an age advantage of 14 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1471.4% more advanced lithography process.
NVS 440 PCIe x16, on the other hand, has 867.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 6800 XT and Quadro NVS 440 PCIe x16. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon RX 6800 XT is a desktop graphics card while Quadro NVS 440 PCIe x16 is a workstation one.
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