NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 9 month(s) later
3.3x more core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 300 MHz
42.7x more texture fill rate: 102.5 billion / sec vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
66x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5345 vs 81
Around 83% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 537 vs 294

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 May 2012 vs 9 August 2004
Core clock speed	980 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	102.5 billion / sec vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5345 vs 81
PassMark - G2D Mark	537 vs 294

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

6.8x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 170 Watt
83.3x more memory clock speed: 500 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 170 Watt
Memory clock speed	500 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5345

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

537

294

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670	NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
PassMark - G3D Mark	5345	81
PassMark - G2D Mark	537	294
Geekbench - OpenCL	15511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	41.613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	971.208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	40.404
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	86.208
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7038
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7038
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1839

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670	NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Curie
Code name	GK104	NV43 A2
Launch date	10 May 2012	9 August 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	$299
Place in performance rating	554	588
Price now	$474.99	$59.99
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	13.20	1.71
Technical info
Boost clock speed	980 MHz
Core clock speed	980 MHz	300 MHz
CUDA cores	1344
Floating-point performance	2,459.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C
Pipelines	1344
Texture fill rate	102.5 billion / sec	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	9.5" (24.1 cm)	198 mm
SLI options	3-way
Supplementary power connectors	Two 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.2	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256-bit GDDR5	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6.0 GB/s	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA