NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2 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, 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 560 Ti

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 65% higher core clock speed: 823 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
3.3x more memory clock speed: 4008 MHz vs 1210 MHz
13x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3063 vs 236

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 January 2011 vs 24 April 2006
Core clock speed	823 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz vs 1210 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3063 vs 236

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

4x more texture fill rate: 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 52.7 GTexel / s
Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 145 Watt vs 170 Watt
Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 653 vs 438

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 52.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	145 Watt vs 170 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	653 vs 438

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3063

236

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

438

653

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	3063	236
PassMark - G2D Mark	438	653
Geekbench - OpenCL	10721
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	31.935
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	539.966
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	35.841
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	64.308
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3333
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3333
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	389

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Curie
Code name	GF114	G71
Launch date	25 January 2011	24 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$249	$2,799
Place in performance rating	799	230
Price now	$138
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	27.88
Technical info
Core clock speed	823 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,263.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	52.7 GTexel / s	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	145 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	4x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	229 mm	305 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	128.3 GB / s	2x 38.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz	1210 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3