Quadro FX 4000 SDI vs Quadro FX 3450

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1262not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
Power efficiency0.32no data
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameNV41NV41
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date28 July 2005 (19 years ago)19 April 2004 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$135.75 $4,999

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.

Core clock speed425 MHz425 MHz
Number of transistors190 million190 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)83 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate5.1005.100
ROPs88
TMUs1212

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 1.0 x16
Length226 mm214 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 6-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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount256 MB256 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz500 MHz
Memory bandwidth32 GB/s32 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, 4x SDI

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model3.03.0
OpenGL2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 July 2005 19 April 2004
Power consumption (TDP) 83 Watt 150 Watt

FX 3450 has an age advantage of 1 year, and 80.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 3450 and Quadro FX 4000 SDI. We've got no test results to judge.


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