GeForce RTX 5090 vs Quadro 400

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1264not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
Power efficiency0.81no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameGT216GB202
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date5 April 2011 (13 years ago)2025
Launch price (MSRP)$169 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 cores4821760
Core clock speed450 MHz2235 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2520 MHz
Number of transistors486 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm0 nm
Power consumption (TDP)32 Watt500 Watt
Texture fill rate7.2001,714
Floating-point processing power0.108 TFLOPS109.7 TFLOPS
ROPs8192
TMUs16680
Tensor Coresno data680
Ray Tracing Coresno data170

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 2.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Length163 mm304 mm
Width1-slot3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 16-pin

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 typeDDR3GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount512 MB32 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed770 MHz1875 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.32 GB/s1.52 TB/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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.16.8
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA1.210.1

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 32 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 32 Watt 500 Watt

Quadro 400 has 1462.5% lower power consumption.

RTX 5090, on the other hand, has a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Quadro 400 and GeForce RTX 5090. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro 400 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 5090 is a desktop one.


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