NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 370

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 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, 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • 2.3x more core clock speed: 810 MHz vs 360 MHz
  • 15.8x more texture fill rate: 45.4 GTexel / s vs 2.88 GTexel / s
  • 21x more pipelines: 336 vs 16
  • 47.2x better floating-point performance: 1,088.6 gflops vs 23.04 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
  • 4x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 33x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2774 vs 84
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 433 vs 385
  • 5.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3332 vs 628
  • 5.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3332 vs 628
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 May 2011 vs 12 September 2007
Core clock speed 810 MHz vs 360 MHz
Texture fill rate 45.4 GTexel / s vs 2.88 GTexel / s
Pipelines 336 vs 16
Floating-point performance 1,088.6 gflops vs 23.04 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2774 vs 84
PassMark - G2D Mark 433 vs 385
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3332 vs 628
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3332 vs 628

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 370

  • 4.3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 150 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 370

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2774
84
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
433
385
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3332
628
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3332
628
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 NVIDIA Quadro FX 370
PassMark - G3D Mark 2774 84
PassMark - G2D Mark 433 385
Geekbench - OpenCL 8694
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 25.82
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 623.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.201
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 30.402
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 62.233
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3667
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3332 628
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3667
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3332 628
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 NVIDIA Quadro FX 370

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 Tesla
Code name GF114 G84
Launch date 17 May 2011 12 September 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $199 $129
Place in performance rating 864 867
Price now $353.59 $92.75
Type Desktop Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 10.61 1.17

Technical info

Core clock speed 810 MHz 360 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,088.6 gflops 23.04 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 80 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 99 °C
Pipelines 336 16
Texture fill rate 45.4 GTexel / s 2.88 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 35 Watt
Transistor count 1,950 million 289 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 2x DVI
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 8.25" (21 cm) 198 mm
SLI options 2-Way
Supplementary power connectors Two 6-pin None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.1 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 128.0 GB / s 8 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR2

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI