NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 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 680

NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 7 month(s) later
3.4x more core clock speed: 1006 MHz vs 300 MHz
53.7x more texture fill rate: 128.8 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: 2048 MB vs 128 MB
12x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 500 MHz
68.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5548 vs 81
Around 81% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 533 vs 294

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 March 2012 vs 9 August 2004
Core clock speed	1006 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	128.8 billion / sec vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2048 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5548 vs 81
PassMark - G2D Mark	533 vs 294

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

7.8x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 195 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 195 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5548

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

533

294

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680	NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
PassMark - G3D Mark	5548	81
PassMark - G2D Mark	533	294
Geekbench - OpenCL	18413
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	46.086
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	989.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.645
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	36.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	99.577
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7222
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3306
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7222
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3306
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1992

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680	NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Curie
Code name	GK104	NV43 A2
Launch date	22 March 2012	9 August 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$499	$299
Place in performance rating	553	550
Price now	$579.99	$59.99
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	12.83	1.71
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1058 MHz
Core clock speed	1006 MHz	300 MHz
CUDA cores	1536
Floating-point performance	3,090.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1536
Texture fill rate	128.8 billion / sec	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	195 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI...	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	10.0" (25.4 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	2048 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256-bit GDDR5	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA