Quadro4 100 NVS vs GRID K260Q

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking523not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.86no data
Power efficiency2.35no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code nameGK104NV17 A3
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date28 June 2013 (11 years ago)22 December 2003 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$937 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1536no data
Core clock speed745 MHz250 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million29 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt10 Watt
Texture fill rate95.361.000
Floating-point processing power2.289 TFLOPSno data
ROPs322
TMUs1284

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 x16AGP 4x
Lengthno data168 mm
WidthIGP1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount2 GB64 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz166 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.0 GB/s5.312 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 LFH60

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)8.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.61.3
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA3.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 June 2013 22 December 2003
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 64 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 150 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 10 Watt

GRID K260Q has an age advantage of 9 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.

Quadro4 100 NVS, on the other hand, has 2150% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GRID K260Q and Quadro4 100 NVS. We've got no test results to judge.


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