Quadro4 980 XGL vs ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Kelvin (2001−2003)
GPU code nameRV620NV28 A2
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date2009 (15 years ago)12 November 2002 (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.

Pipelines / CUDA cores40no data
Core clock speed400 MHz300 MHz
Number of transistors181 million36 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)32 Wattno data
Texture fill rate1.6002.400
ROPs48
TMUs48

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16AGP 8x
Length170 mmno data
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 typeDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount256 MB128 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MBps325 MHz
Memory bandwidth6.4 GB/s10.4 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 VHDCI2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)8.1
Shader Model4.1no data
OpenGL3.31.3
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 128 MB
Chip lithography 55 nm 150 nm

ATI 2450 Multi-View has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 172.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between FirePro 2450 Multi-View and Quadro4 980 XGL. We've got no test results to judge.


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ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View
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NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL
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