Quadro 4000 Mac Edition vs FirePro S9300 X2

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Primary details

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

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ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameCapsaicinGF100
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date31 March 2016 (8 years ago)12 June 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$5,999 $1,199

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 cores4096256
Core clock speed850 MHz475 MHz
Number of transistors8,900 million3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt142 Watt
Texture fill rate217.615.20
Floating-point processing power6.963 TFLOPS0.4864 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs25632

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 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length267 mm241 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin1x 6-pin

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 typeHBMGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB1792 MB
Memory bus width4096 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz702 MHz
Memory bandwidth512.0 GB/s89.86 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.05.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA-2.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 31 March 2016 12 June 2011
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1792 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 142 Watt

S9300 X2 has an age advantage of 4 years, a 128.6% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

4000 Mac Edition, on the other hand, has 111.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FirePro S9300 X2 and Quadro 4000 Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.


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