NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM and NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM

NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM

Around 15% higher texture fill rate: 33.2 GTexel / s vs 28.8 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 192 vs 96
Around 44% better floating-point performance: 414.7 gflops vs 288 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Around 75% higher maximum memory size: 1792 MB vs 1 GB
Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 2016 MHz vs 2000 MHz

Texture fill rate	33.2 GTexel / s vs 28.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 96
Floating-point performance	414.7 gflops vs 288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	1792 MB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	2016 MHz vs 2000 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

Around 16% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 518 MHz
2.4x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 182 Watt

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 518 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 182 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M
PassMark - G3D Mark		415
PassMark - G2D Mark		43
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1963
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1963
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3259
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3259

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT200B	G92
Launch date	8 December 2009	1 December 2009
Place in performance rating	not rated	1262
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Price now		$49.95
Value for money (0-100)		22.55
Technical info
Core clock speed	518 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	414.7 gflops	288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	192	96
Texture fill rate	33.2 GTexel / s	28.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	182 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	754 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1792 MB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	112.9 GB / s	64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	448 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2016 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
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