Radeon RX 7950 XTX vs Quadro4 100 NVS PCI
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Celsius (1999−2005) | RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | NV17 A3 | Navi 31 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 22 December 2003 (20 years ago) | no data (2024 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 cores | no data | 6144 |
| Core clock speed | 250 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 3300 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 29 million | 57,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | 355 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1.000 | 1,267 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 81.1 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 2 | 192 |
| TMUs | 4 | 384 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 96 |
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 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 168 mm | 287 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 2x 8-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 type | DDR | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 24 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 166 MHz | 2500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 5.312 GB/s | 960.0 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 Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | 1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 8.0 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 1.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 2.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 24 GB |
| Chip lithography | 150 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | 355 Watt |
Quadro4 100 NVS PCI has 3450% lower power consumption.
RX 7950 XTX, on the other hand, has a 38300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2900% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro4 100 NVS PCI and Radeon RX 7950 XTX. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro4 100 NVS PCI is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 7950 XTX is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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