NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2

NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 79% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 475 MHz
33.5x more texture fill rate: 2x 54.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 7.6 GTexel / s
24x more pipelines: 2x 384 vs 32
42.9x better floating-point performance: 2x 1,305.6 gflops vs 60.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2x 1 GB vs 512 MB
2.9x more memory clock speed: 4008 MHz vs 1400 MHz

Launch date	25 January 2011 vs 1 June 2007
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 475 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 54.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 7.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 384 vs 32
Floating-point performance	2x 1,305.6 gflops vs 60.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz vs 1400 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M

3.8x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 170 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 170 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2	NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.3
PassMark - G3D Mark		104
PassMark - G2D Mark		60
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		402
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		402

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2	NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GF114	G84
Launch date	25 January 2011	1 June 2007
Place in performance rating	1659	1656
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	475 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 1,305.6 gflops	60.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	2x 384	32
Texture fill rate	2x 54.4 GTexel / s billion / sec	7.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	3x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	292 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 128.3 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory		0