NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2

NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2.9x more core clock speed: 863 MHz vs 300 MHz
72.2x more texture fill rate: 173.2 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
24x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 128 MB
12x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 500 MHz

Launch date	10 September 2013 vs 9 August 2004
Core clock speed	863 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	173.2 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 500 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

10x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2	NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	30.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1441.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.36
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	64.264
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	148.747
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9209
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3582
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3331
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9209
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3582
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3331
PassMark - G3D Mark		81
PassMark - G2D Mark		294

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2	NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Curie
Code name	GK110B	NV43 A2
Launch date	10 September 2013	9 August 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$649	$299
Place in performance rating	557	560
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Price now		$59.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.71
Technical info
Boost clock speed	902 MHz
Core clock speed	863 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	2304
Texture fill rate	173.2 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	288.4 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3