NVIDIA GRID K260Q vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K260Q and NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GRID K260Q

NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K260Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 745 MHz vs 300 MHz
39.7x more texture fill rate: 95.36 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
10x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 500 MHz
36.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2949 vs 81
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 361 vs 294

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2013 vs 9 August 2004
Core clock speed	745 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2949 vs 81
PassMark - G2D Mark	361 vs 294

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

9x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 225 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K260Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2949

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

361

294

Name	NVIDIA GRID K260Q	NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
PassMark - G3D Mark	2949	81
PassMark - G2D Mark	361	294
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1898
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1954
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1954

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K260Q	NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Curie
Code name	GK104	NV43 A2
Launch date	28 June 2013	9 August 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$937	$299
Place in performance rating	547	550
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Price now		$59.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.71
Technical info
Core clock speed	745 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,289 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1536
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		198 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3