NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2.7x more core clock speed: 1152 MHz vs 430 MHz
3.2x more texture fill rate: 33.1 GTexel / s vs 10.32 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 110 nm
5.5x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 109 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 2100 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Launch date	12 March 2018 vs 28 July 2005
Core clock speed	1152 MHz vs 430 MHz
Texture fill rate	33.1 GTexel / s vs 10.32 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 110 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 109 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	2100 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	629
PassMark - G3D Mark		227
PassMark - G2D Mark		120
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		855
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		855

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Curie
Code name	GP108	G70
Launch date	12 March 2018	28 July 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	$2,499
Place in performance rating	1484	1482
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Price now		$249
Value for money (0-100)		1.08
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1379 MHz
Core clock speed	1152 MHz	430 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,059 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	33.1 GTexel / s	10.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	109 Watt
Transistor count	1,800 million	302 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x4	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	145 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	16.8 GB / s	33.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2100 MHz	1050 MHz
Memory type	DDR4	GDDR3