Quadro NVS 440 vs FirePro W4300

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro W4300 and Quadro NVS 440, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

FirePro W4300
2015
4 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
7.51
+7410%

W4300 outperforms NVS 440 by a whopping 7410% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking5301451
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency10.300.22
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameBonaireNV43 A4
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date1 December 2015 (9 years ago)14 February 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$96.99

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 cores768no data
Core clock speed930 MHz250 MHz
Number of transistors2,080 million146 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt31 Watt
Texture fill rate44.642.000
Floating-point processing power1.428 TFLOPSno data
ROPs168
TMUs488

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 1.0 x16
Length171 mm187 mm
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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB128 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz250 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s8 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 Connectors4x mini-DisplayPort2x DMS-59

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model6.33.0
OpenGL4.62.1
OpenCL2.0N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FirePro W4300 7.51
+7410%
NVS 440 0.10

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

FirePro W4300 2894
+7722%
NVS 440 37

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.51 0.10
Recency 1 December 2015 14 February 2006
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 110 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 31 Watt

FirePro W4300 has a 7410% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 292.9% more advanced lithography process.

NVS 440, on the other hand, has 61.3% lower power consumption.

The FirePro W4300 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro NVS 440 in performance tests.


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