NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM and NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM

NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM

7.5x more texture fill rate: 33.2 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
12x more pipelines: 192 vs 16
9.4x better floating-point performance: 414.7 gflops vs 44 gflops
3.5x more maximum memory size: 1792 MB vs 512 MB
Around 26% higher memory clock speed: 2016 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Texture fill rate	33.2 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 16
Floating-point performance	414.7 gflops vs 44 gflops
Maximum memory size	1792 MB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	2016 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP

Around 6% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 518 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
6.5x lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 182 Watt

Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 518 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt vs 182 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP
PassMark - G3D Mark		123
PassMark - G2D Mark		75
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1023
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1023
Geekbench - OpenCL		2855

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GT200B	GT218
Launch date	8 December 2009	1 December 2009
Place in performance rating	not rated	1600
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$169
Technical info
Core clock speed	518 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	414.7 gflops	44 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	192	16
Texture fill rate	33.2 GTexel / s	4.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	182 Watt	28 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	260 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1792 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	112.9 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	448 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2016 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3