NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 vs NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8200
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | NV43 | GA102 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | NV43 GL | — |
| Architecture | Curie | Ampere |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 110 nm | 7 nm |
| Number of transistors | 146 million | 40,000 million |
| Die size | 154 mm² | 627 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Aug 9th, 2004 | Unknown |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Quadro FX | Quadro RTX |
| Production | End-of-life | Active |
| Launch price | 299 USD | — |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 26 in our database | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 300 MHz | — |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 250 MHz 500 Mbps effective | 1750 MHz 14000 MHz effective |
| Base clock | — | 1110 MHz |
| Boost clock | — | 1500 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 128 MB | 48 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 384 bit |
| Bandwidth | 8.000 GB/s | 672.0 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 8 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 4 | — |
| TMUs | 8 | 472 |
| ROPs | 8 | 96 |
| Shading units | — | 7552 |
| SM count | — | 118 |
| Tensor cores | — | 472 |
| RT cores | — | 118 |
| Cache L1 | — | 64 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | — | 6 MB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 2.400 GPixel/s | 144.0 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 300.0 MVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 2.400 GTexel/s | 708.0 GTexel/s |
| FP16 (half) performance | — | 45.31 TFLOPS (2:1) |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 22.66 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | — | 708.0 GFLOPS (1:32) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 198 mm 7.8 inches | 267 mm 10.5 inches |
| Width | 111 mm 4.4 inches | — |
| TDP | 25 W | 260 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 600 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video | 4x DisplayPort1x USB Type-C |
| Power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Board number | P229 | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial) | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | — | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | — | 1.2.140 |
| Shader model | 3.0 | 6.5 |
| CUDA | — | 8.5 |
