NVIDIA GeForce 940A vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940A and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 940A

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940A

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 425 MHz
3.5x more texture fill rate: 17.98 GTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 83 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 2002 MHz vs 1000 MHz
7.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1107 vs 149

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 28 July 2005
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 425 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 83 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1107 vs 149

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 235 vs 214

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	235 vs 214

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940A
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1107

149

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

214

235

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 940A	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450
PassMark - G3D Mark	1107	149
PassMark - G2D Mark	214	235
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3615
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3615
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 940A	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Curie
Code name	GM108	NV41
Launch date	13 March 2015	28 July 2005
Place in performance rating	732	729
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$135.75
Price now		$138.75
Value for money (0-100)		1.38
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	425 MHz
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s	5.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	83 Watt
Transistor count		222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	16.02 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3