A100 PCIe vs Quadro FX 3450

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1263not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
Power efficiency0.31no data
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNV41GA100
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date28 July 2005 (19 years ago)22 June 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$135.75 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 coresno data6912
Core clock speed425 MHz1410 MHz
Number of transistors190 million54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)83 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate5.100609.1
Floating-point processing powerno data19.49 TFLOPS
ROPs8160
TMUs12432
Tensor Coresno data432

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 4.0 x16
Length226 mm267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 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 typeGDDR3HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount256 MB40 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit5120 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz1215 MHz
Memory bandwidth32 GB/s1,555 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-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model3.06.5
OpenGL2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)4.6
OpenCLN/A2.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA-8.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 July 2005 22 June 2020
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 40 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 83 Watt 250 Watt

FX 3450 has 201.2% lower power consumption.

A100 PCIe, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, a 15900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1757.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 3450 and A100 PCIe. We've got no test results to judge.


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