NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM

NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 776 MHz vs 300 MHz
15.5x more texture fill rate: 37.2 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
7.7x more memory clock speed: 3828 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 443 vs 294
24.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2006 vs 81

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 April 2012 vs 9 August 2004
Core clock speed	776 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	37.2 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	3828 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	443 vs 294
PassMark - G3D Mark	2006 vs 81

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

4.1x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 102 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 102 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

443

294

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2006

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
PassMark - G2D Mark	443	294
PassMark - G3D Mark	2006	81
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1914
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1914

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Curie
Code name	GF114	NV43 A2
Launch date	24 April 2012	9 August 2004
Place in performance rating	587	588
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Price now		$59.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.71
Technical info
Core clock speed	776 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	894.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	288
Texture fill rate	37.2 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	102 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	210 mm	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	91.9 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3828 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3