NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2 vs NVIDIA Quadro CX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2 and NVIDIA Quadro CX 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2

NVIDIA Quadro CX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2

Around 8% higher texture fill rate: 41.5 GTexel / s vs 38.5 GTexel / s
Around 13% higher pipelines: 216 vs 192
Around 16% better floating-point performance: 536.5 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1998 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Texture fill rate	41.5 GTexel / s vs 38.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	216 vs 192
Floating-point performance	536.5 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
Memory clock speed	1998 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro CX

Around 5% higher core clock speed: 602 MHz vs 576 MHz
Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 171 Watt
Around 71% higher maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 896 MB

Core clock speed	602 MHz vs 576 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 171 Watt
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 896 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro CX

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2	NVIDIA Quadro CX
PassMark - G3D Mark		947
PassMark - G2D Mark		454

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2	NVIDIA Quadro CX
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GT200B	GT200B
Launch date	27 November 2008	11 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$299	$1,999
Place in performance rating	not rated	317
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Price now		$149.95
Value for money (0-100)		8.20
Technical info
Core clock speed	576 MHz	602 MHz
Floating-point performance	536.5 gflops	462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	216	192
Texture fill rate	41.5 GTexel / s	38.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	171 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	1,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	896 MB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	111.9 GB / s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	448 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1998 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3