Quadro NVS 50 PCI vs GRID M40

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking671not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.90no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code nameGM107NV18 A4
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date18 May 2016 (8 years ago)31 May 2005 (19 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 cores384no data
Core clock speed1033 MHz250 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,870 million29 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt10 Watt
Texture fill rate33.061.000
Floating-point processing power0.7933 TFLOPSno data
ROPs162
TMUs324

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 x16PCI
Lengthno data168 mm
Width2-slot1-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 amount8 GB64 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1300 MHz200 MHz
Memory bandwidth83.2 GB/s3.2 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 S-Video

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
CUDA5.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 May 2016 31 May 2005
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 64 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 150 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 10 Watt

GRID M40 has an age advantage of 10 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.

NVS 50 PCI, on the other hand, has 400% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GRID M40 and Quadro NVS 50 PCI. We've got no test results to judge.


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