GeForce 310 OEM vs Quadro FX 4800

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking826not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.05no data
Power efficiency1.16no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameGT200BGT218
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date11 November 2008 (16 years ago)27 November 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,799 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 cores19216
Core clock speed602 MHz589 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million260 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt31 Watt
Texture fill rate38.534.712
Floating-point processing power0.4623 TFLOPS0.04486 TFLOPS
ROPs244
TMUs648

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 2.0 x16
Length267 mm168 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-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 typeGDDR3DDR2
Maximum RAM amount1536 MB512 MB
Memory bus width384 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz333 MHz
Memory bandwidth76.8 GB/s5.328 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, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.04.1
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.31.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 November 2008 27 November 2009
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 512 MB
Chip lithography 55 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 31 Watt

FX 4800 has a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount.

310 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 383.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 4800 and GeForce 310 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 4800 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce 310 OEM is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800
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