NVIDIA Quadro 400
The NVIDIA Quadro 400 is a workstation graphics card released on April 5, 2011. It has 512 MB of DDR3 memory, a boost clock of 450 MHz and a 32 W board power rating. It scores 148 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 10.1, OpenGL 4.5, OpenCL 1.1 and CUDA compute capability 1.2.
Depth: 30 recorded fields, 1 feature, 2 PassMark workloads
Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 5 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.
Performance
The NVIDIA Quadro 400 scores 148 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 21.8% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #2,271), measured across 126 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 59.
PassMark workload tests
In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA Quadro 400 averages DirectX 9 7 fps and DirectX 10 1 fps, across 126 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.
As stated by PassMark
PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA Quadro 400 states the PCIe 2.0 x16 interface, up to 512 MB of memory, a core clock of 450 MHz, DirectX 10.1 and OpenGL 3.3, first benchmarked on 2011-07-08. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.
Not to be confused with
This page covers the NVIDIA Quadro 400 specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA Quadro 4000, NVIDIA Quadro 4000M, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.
Graphics processor
The NVIDIA Quadro 400 uses the GT216GL graphics processor.
Clock speeds
The NVIDIA Quadro 400 runs at a base clock of 450 MHz.
Memory
The NVIDIA Quadro 400 is equipped with 512 MB of DDR3 memory.
Board and power
The NVIDIA Quadro 400 has a board power rating of 32 W and it connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.
Market
The NVIDIA Quadro 400 was released on April 5, 2011.
Benchmarks
Graphics and compute APIs
The NVIDIA Quadro 400 supports DirectX 10.1, OpenGL 4.5, OpenCL 1.1 and CUDA compute capability 1.2.
Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA Quadro 400.
Features
The NVIDIA Quadro 400 has 1 supported feature recorded outside the media engine. A feature that no source mentions is shown as not listed, never as unsupported.
Compute and AI
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Supported: CUDA Compute capability 1.2Support for NVIDIA's CUDA computing platform, used by many creative, scientific and AI applications.
Not listed (2)
No source Feex holds states whether the NVIDIA Quadro 400 supports Tensor cores and NVLink / SLI. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.
The NVIDIA Quadro 400 supports CUDA (Compute capability 1.2) under Compute and AI.
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the NVIDIA Quadro 400 have?
The NVIDIA Quadro 400 has 512 MB of DDR3 memory.
How much power does the NVIDIA Quadro 400 use and what power supply does it need?
The NVIDIA Quadro 400 has a board power rating of 32 W.
How fast is the NVIDIA Quadro 400?
The NVIDIA Quadro 400 scores 148 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 21.8% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #2,271.
What is the CUDA compute capability of the NVIDIA Quadro 400?
The NVIDIA Quadro 400 has CUDA compute capability 1.2.
What bus interface does the NVIDIA Quadro 400 use?
The NVIDIA Quadro 400 connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.
When was the NVIDIA Quadro 400 released?
The NVIDIA Quadro 400 was released on April 5, 2011.