FirePro S10000 Passive 12GB vs Quadro FX 1400

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1307not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.40no data
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameNV41Tahiti
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date9 August 2004 (20 years ago)1 March 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$799 $3,599

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 coresno data1792
Core clock speed350 MHz825 MHz
Boost clock speedno data950 MHz
Number of transistors222 million4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt375 Watt
Texture fill rate4.200106.4
Floating-point processing powerno data3.405 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs12112

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 1.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data305 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 8-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 typeDDRGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount128 MB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed300 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth19.2 GB/s240.0 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, 1x S-Video1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (11_1)
Shader Model3.05.1
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 August 2004 1 March 2014
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 6 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 375 Watt

FX 1400 has 581.8% lower power consumption.

S10000 Passive 12GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 1400 and FirePro S10000 Passive 12GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400
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