NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)

NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 2 month(s) later
4.3x more core clock speed: 1290 MHz vs 300 MHz
24.3x more texture fill rate: 58.2 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 110 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
14x more memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 500 MHz
62.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5029 vs 81
Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 457 vs 294

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 October 2016 vs 9 August 2004
Core clock speed	1290 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	58.2 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5029 vs 81
PassMark - G2D Mark	457 vs 294

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

3x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 75 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5029

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

457

294

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)	NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
PassMark - G3D Mark	5029	81
PassMark - G2D Mark	457	294
Geekbench - OpenCL	17466
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	67.209
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	799.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	30.523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	223.683
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7043
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7043
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	122

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)	NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Curie
Code name	GP107	NV43 A2
Launch date	25 October 2016	9 August 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$109	$299
Place in performance rating	586	588
Price now	$124.99	$59.99
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	56.95	1.71
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1392 MHz
Core clock speed	1290 MHz	300 MHz
CUDA cores	640
Floating-point performance	1,862 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	110 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C
Pipelines	640
Texture fill rate	58.2 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	3,300 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, DP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Height	4.38" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	5.7" (14.5 cm)	198 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Width	2-slot
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GameStream
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
VR Ready