NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | G86 | NV40 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Tesla | Curie |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 80 nm | 130 nm |
| Number of transistors | 210 million | 222 million |
| Die size | 127 mm² | 287 mm² |
| GPU variant | — | NV40 GL |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Apr 17th, 2007 | Apr 1st, 2004 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 8 | Quadro FX |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | AGP 8x |
| Predecessor | GeForce 7 PCIe | — |
| Successor | GeForce 9 | — |
| Launch price | — | 2,199 USD |
| Reviews | — | 26 in our database |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 459 MHz | 375 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Shader clock | 918 MHz | — |
| Memory clock | 400 MHz 800 Mbps effective | 500 MHz 1000 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 128 MB | 256 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR2 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 6.400 GB/s | 32.00 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 8 | — |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 8 | 16 |
| ROPs | 4 | 16 |
| SM count | 1 | — |
| Cache L2 | 16 KB | — |
| Pixel shaders | — | 16 |
| Vertex shaders | — | 6 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 1.836 GPixel/s | 6.000 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 3.672 GTexel/s | 6.000 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 14.69 GFLOPS | — |
| Vertex rate | — | 562.5 MVertices/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 40 W | 142 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 300 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video | 2x DVI1x S-Video |
| Power connectors | None | 2x Molex |
| Board number | P413 | P201 |
| Length | — | 214 mm 8.4 inches |
| Width | — | 111 mm 4.4 inches |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 9.0c (9_3) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| CUDA | 1.1 | — |
| Shader model | 4.0 | 3.0 |
