Quadro4 500 XGL vs FirePro V3900
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 939 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 2.30 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Celsius (1999−2005) |
| GPU code name | Turks | NV17 A3 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 7 February 2012 (12 years ago) | 19 February 2002 (22 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 | 480 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 650 MHz | 250 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 716 million | 29 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 199 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 15.60 | 1.000 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.624 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 8 | 4 |
| TMUs | 24 | 4 |
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).
| Bus support | PCIe 2.1 x16 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | AGP 4x |
| Length | 168 mm | 168 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 1-slot |
| Form factor | half height / half length | no data |
| 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 | GDDR3 | SDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 166 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 28 GB/s | 2.656 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 Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort | No outputs |
| DisplayPort count | 1 | no data |
| Dual-link DVI support | + | - |
| HD сomponent video output | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 8.0 |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 February 2012 | 19 February 2002 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 128 MB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 150 nm |
FirePro V3900 has an age advantage of 9 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 275% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between FirePro V3900 and Quadro4 500 XGL. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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