P106-090 vs Quadro FX 4000 SDI

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated577
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data5.63
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameNV41GP106
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date19 April 2004 (20 years ago)31 July 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$4,999 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 coresno data768
Core clock speed425 MHz1354 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1531 MHz
Number of transistors190 million4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate5.10073.49
Floating-point processing powerno data2.352 TFLOPS
ROPs848
TMUs1248

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
Length214 mm250 mm
Width2-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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount256 MB3 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz2002 MHz
Memory bandwidth32 GB/s192.2 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 Connectors1x DVI, 4x SDINo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (12_1)
Shader Model3.06.4
OpenGL2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)4.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA-6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 April 2004 31 July 2017
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 3 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 75 Watt

P106-090 has an age advantage of 13 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 712.5% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

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