RTX A4000 vs Quadro NVS 280 AGP

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated58
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data24.73
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNV34 A1GA104
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date25 May 2004 (20 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 years ago)

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 data6144
Core clock speed275 MHz735 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1560 MHz
Number of transistors45 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)13 Watt140 Watt
Texture fill rate1.100299.5
Floating-point processing powerno data19.17 TFLOPS
ROPs496
TMUs4192
Tensor Coresno data192
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 4.0 x16
Length168 mm241 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount64 MB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed250 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth8 GB/s448.0 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 Connectors1x DMS-594x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0a12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGL1.5 (2.1)4.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 May 2004 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 13 Watt 140 Watt

NVS 280 AGP has 976.9% lower power consumption.

RTX A4000, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 16 years, a 25500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1775% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro NVS 280 AGP and RTX A4000. We've got no test results to judge.


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