Quadro T1000 Max-Q vs GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated311
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data24.03
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameC61TU117
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date11 October 2004 (20 years ago)27 May 2019 (5 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 coresno data896
Core clock speed425 MHz765 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1350 MHz
Number of transistorsno data4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data50 Watt
Texture fill rate0.4375.60
Floating-point processing powerno data2.419 TFLOPS
ROPs132
TMUs156

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).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIPCIe 3.0 x16
WidthIGPno data
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 typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared4 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1250 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data80 GB/s
Shared memoryno 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (12_1)
Shader Model3.06.6
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA-7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 October 2004 27 May 2019
Chip lithography 90 nm 12 nm

T1000 Max-Q has an age advantage of 14 years, and a 650% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430 and Quadro T1000 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430 is a desktop card while Quadro T1000 Max-Q is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430
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NVIDIA Quadro T1000 Max-Q
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