GRID K200 vs Quadro NVS 440

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1451not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.22no data
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameNV43 A4GK104
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date14 February 2006 (18 years ago)28 June 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$96.99 $235

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 data1536
Core clock speed250 MHz745 MHz
Number of transistors146 million3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology110 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)31 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate2.00095.36
Floating-point processing powerno data2.289 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs8128

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
Length187 mmno data
Width1-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 amount128 MB256 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed250 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth8 GB/s160.0 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 Connectors2x DMS-59No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (11_0)
Shader Model3.05.1
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA-3.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 February 2006 28 June 2013
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 256 MB
Chip lithography 110 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 31 Watt 225 Watt

NVS 440 has 625.8% lower power consumption.

GRID K200, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 292.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro NVS 440 and GRID K200. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440
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