Quadro NVS 280 PCI vs FirePro W2100

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	840	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	6.23	no data
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code name	Oland	NV34 B1
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	12 August 2014 (10 years ago)	28 October 2003 (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 cores	320	no data
Core clock speed	630 MHz	275 MHz
Boost clock speed	680 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	950 million	45 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	26 Watt	13 Watt
Texture fill rate	13.60	1.100
Floating-point processing power	0.4352 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	8	2
TMUs	20	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 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCI
Length	no data	168 mm
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Form factor	low profile / 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	DDR3	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	64 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	8 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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	2x DisplayPort	1x DMS-59
DisplayPort count	2	no data
Dual-link DVI support	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	9.0a
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.5 (2.1)
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	12 August 2014	28 October 2003
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	64 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	26 Watt	13 Watt

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