NVIDIA Quadro 400 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro 400 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro 400

NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 400

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 64% higher texture fill rate: 7.2 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 48 vs 16
2.5x better floating-point performance: 108 gflops vs 44 gflops
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 148 vs 145
Around 62% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4630 vs 2855
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1103 vs 1023
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1103 vs 1023

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 April 2011 vs 1 December 2009
Texture fill rate	7.2 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	48 vs 16
Floating-point performance	108 gflops vs 44 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	148 vs 145
Geekbench - OpenCL	4630 vs 2855
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1103 vs 1023
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1103 vs 1023

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP

Around 22% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 32 Watt
Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1540 MHz
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 71 vs 59

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 450 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt vs 32 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1540 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	71 vs 59

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro 400
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

148

145

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4630

2855

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1103

1023

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1103

1023

Name	NVIDIA Quadro 400	NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP
PassMark - G3D Mark	148	145
PassMark - G2D Mark	59	71
Geekbench - OpenCL	4630	2855
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1103	1023
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1103	1023

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro 400	NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GT216	GT218
Launch date	5 April 2011	1 December 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$169	$169
Place in performance rating	1607	1610
Price now	$145.55
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	2.13
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	108 gflops	44 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	48	16
Texture fill rate	7.2 GTexel / s	4.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	32 Watt	28 Watt
Transistor count	486 million	260 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	163 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.32 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1540 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3