NVIDIA GeForce GT 320 OEM vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 320 OEM and NVIDIA Quadro FX 560 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 320 OEM

NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 320 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 54% higher core clock speed: 540 MHz vs 350 MHz
3.1x more texture fill rate: 12.96 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
Around 32% higher memory clock speed: 1580 MHz vs 1200 MHz
4.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 470 vs 114

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 February 2010 vs 20 April 2006
Core clock speed	540 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	12.96 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	470 vs 114

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 43 Watt
6.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 360 vs 59

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 43 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	360 vs 59

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 320 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

360

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

470

114

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 320 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro FX 560
PassMark - G2D Mark	59	360
PassMark - G3D Mark	470	114
Geekbench - OpenCL	8132
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2502
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2502

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 320 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro FX 560
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Curie
Code name	GT215	G73
Launch date	2 February 2010	20 April 2006
Place in performance rating	1482	472
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Price now		$150.25
Value for money (0-100)		0.98
Technical info
Core clock speed	540 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	187.49 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	72
Texture fill rate	12.96 GTexel / s	4.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	43 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	727 million	177 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	175 mm	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.28 GB / s	19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3