NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2

NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 74% higher core clock speed: 783 MHz vs 450 MHz
13.9x more texture fill rate: 25.06 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
48x more pipelines: 192 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
4x more memory clock speed: 3608 MHz vs 900 MHz

Launch date	15 March 2011 vs 13 March 2006
Core clock speed	783 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	25.06 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	3608 MHz vs 900 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M

7.1x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 106 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 106 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2	NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	12.611
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	422.002
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.255
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	25.132
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	49.9
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2166
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3360
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3313
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2166
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3360
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3313
PassMark - G3D Mark		45
PassMark - G2D Mark		132

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2	NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Curie
Code name	GF116	G72
Launch date	15 March 2011	13 March 2006
Place in performance rating	1188	1191
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	783 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	601.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	192	4
Texture fill rate	25.06 GTexel / s	1.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	106 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	1,170 million	112 million
Boost clock speed		450 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	210 mm
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	57.7 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	350 Bit
Memory clock speed	3608 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	64
Shared memory		no
Technologies
CineFX 4.0
Intellisample 4.0
PowerMizer 6.0
UltraShadow II