NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 75% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 561 MHz
6.1x more texture fill rate: 82.56 GTexel / s vs 13.46 GTexel / s
13.3x more pipelines: 960 vs 72
12.2x better floating-point performance: 1,981 gflops vs 162 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
2.7x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 2200 MHz

Launch date	13 September 2014 vs 15 June 2009
Core clock speed	980 MHz vs 561 MHz
Texture fill rate	82.56 GTexel / s vs 13.46 GTexel / s
Pipelines	960 vs 72
Floating-point performance	1,981 gflops vs 162 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 2200 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M

3.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 140 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 140 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	39.216
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.173
PassMark - G3D Mark		467
PassMark - G2D Mark		70
Geekbench - OpenCL		7043
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1450
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1450
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		926
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		926

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GK104	GT215
Launch date	13 September 2014	15 June 2009
Place in performance rating	1511	1510
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1032 MHz
Core clock speed	980 MHz	561 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,981 gflops	162 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	960	72
Texture fill rate	82.56 GTexel / s	13.46 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	727 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.2 GB / s	35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	2200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA