NVIDIA GeForce3 vs NVIDIA Quadro Plex 1000 Model IV
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | NV20 | G80 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | NV20 A5 | — |
| Architecture | Kelvin | Tesla |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 150 nm | 90 nm |
| Number of transistors | 57 million | 681 million |
| Die size | 128 mm² | 484 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Feb 27th, 2001 | Jul 25th, 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 3 | Quadro Plex |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Launch price | 499 USD | — |
| Interface | AGP 4x | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Predecessor | GeForce 2 | — |
| Successor | GeForce 4 MX | — |
| Reviews | — | 26 in our database |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 200 MHz | 600 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 230 MHz 460 Mbps effective | 800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1350 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 64 MB | 1536 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 384 bit |
| Bandwidth | 7.360 GB/s | 76.80 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 4 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 1 | — |
| TMUs | 8 | 32 |
| ROPs | 4 | 24 |
| Shading units | — | 128 |
| SM count | — | 16 |
| Cache L2 | — | 96 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 800.0 MPixel/s | 14.40 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 50.00 MVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 1.600 GTexel/s | 38.40 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 345.6 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | — |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 165 mm 6.5 inches | 522 mm 20.6 inches |
| TDP | unknown | 320 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 700 W |
| Outputs | 1x VGA1x DB13W3 | No outputs |
| Power connectors | None | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 8.1 | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 1.5 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | — | 1.1 (1.0) |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Pixel shader | 1.1 | — |
| Vertex shader | 1.1 | — |
| CUDA | — | 1.0 |
| Shader model | — | 4.0 |
