Quadro4 380 XGL vs Quadro NVS 280 PCI

Place in the ranking	1489	1496
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.11	no data
Architecture	Rankine (2003−2005)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	NV34 B1	NV18 A4
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	28 October 2003 (21 year ago)	12 November 2002 (22 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.

Core clock speed	275 MHz	275 MHz
Number of transistors	45 million	29 million
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	13 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	1.100	1.100
ROPs	2	4
TMUs	4	4

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).

Interface	PCI	AGP 8x
Length	168 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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 type	DDR	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	128 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	250 MHz	256 MHz
Memory bandwidth	8 GB/s	8.192 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 Connectors

1x DMS-59

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX	9.0a	8.0
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	1.3
OpenCL	N/A	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

NVS 280 PCI 0.02

Quadro4 380 XGL 0.02

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

NVS 280 PCI 8
+33.3%

Quadro4 380 XGL 6