T400 4 GB vs Quadro 6000 SDI

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated452
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data23.42
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGF100TU117
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date25 July 2011 (13 years ago)6 May 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$11,499 no data

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 cores448384
Core clock speed574 MHz420 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1425 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)231 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rate32.1434.20
Floating-point processing power1.028 TFLOPS1.094 TFLOPS
ROPs4816
TMUs5624

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 3.0 x16
Length248 mmno data
WidthQuad-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed747 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth143.4 GB/s80 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 Connectors2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video, 2x SDI3x mini-DisplayPort

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA2.07.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 July 2011 6 May 2021
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 231 Watt 30 Watt

6000 SDI has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

T400 4 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, a 233.3% more advanced lithography process, and 670% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro 6000 SDI and T400 4 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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