Quadro Plex 2100 S4 vs Radeon R7 360

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	514	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.32	no data
Power efficiency	5.62	no data
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	Tobago	G80
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Design	reference	no data
Release date	18 June 2015 (9 years ago)	25 July 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$109	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	768	128
Core clock speed	no data	600 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	2,080 million	681 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	640 Watt
Texture fill rate	50.40	38.40
Floating-point processing power	1.613 TFLOPS	0.3456 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	24
TMUs	48	32

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).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	165 mm	522 mm
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	no data
Bridgeless CrossFire	+	-

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	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1536 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	76.8 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 HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Eyefinity	+	-
Number of Eyefinity displays	6	no data
HDMI	+	-
DisplayPort support	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
PowerTune	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
VCE	+	-
DDMA audio	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	6.3	4.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
OpenCL	2.0	1.1
Vulkan	+	N/A
Mantle	+	-
CUDA	-	+

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	18 June 2015	25 July 2008
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1536 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	640 Watt

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