NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCIe vs NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 Mac Edition

What is the difference between NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCIe and NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 Mac Edition. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

NV37GPU NameNV17
NV37 GLModel numberMX440 A5
RankineArchitectureCelsius
TSMCFoundryTSMC
150 nmProcess Size150 nm
45 millionTransistors29 million
91 mm²Die Size65 mm²

Graphics Card

May 25th, 2004Release DateFeb 6th, 2002
Quadro NVSFamilyGeForce 4 MX
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
PCIe 1.0 x16Bus InterfaceAGP 4x

Memory

64 MBMemory Size64 MB
DDRMemory TypeDDR
128 bitMemory Bus128 bit
8.000 GB/sBandwidth6.400 GB/s

Performance

1.100 GPixel/sPixel fillrate550.0 MPixel/s
1.100 GTexel/sTexture fillrate1.100 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

250 MHz
500 Mbps effective
Memory Clock200 MHz
400 Mbps effective
275 MHzGPU Clock275 MHz

Render Config

4TMUs4
4ROPs2
4Pixel Shaders2
2Vertex ShadersN/A

Board Design

Single-slotSlot WidthSingle-slot
13 WThermal design power (TDP)unknown
200 WSuggested PSU200 W
1x DMS-59Display Connectors1x DVI
NonePower ConnectorsNone

API support

9.0aDirectX7.0
1.5 (2.1)OpenGL1.5
N/AOpenCLN/A
N/AVulkanN/A
2.0aPixel Shader1.1
2.0aVertex Shader1.1