NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 560 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 780

NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 863 MHz vs 350 MHz
38.2x more texture fill rate: 160.5 billion / sec vs 4.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
24x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 128 MB
5x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1200 MHz
70.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7993 vs 114
Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 589 vs 360

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 May 2013 vs 20 April 2006
Core clock speed	863 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	160.5 billion / sec vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	7993 vs 114
PassMark - G2D Mark	589 vs 360

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

8.3x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7993

114

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

589

360

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780	NVIDIA Quadro FX 560
PassMark - G3D Mark	7993	114
PassMark - G2D Mark	589	360
Geekbench - OpenCL	23223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	57.735
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1269.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	37.407
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	174.323
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9064
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9064
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2777

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780	NVIDIA Quadro FX 560
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Curie
Code name	GK110	G73
Launch date	23 May 2013	20 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$649	$299
Place in performance rating	457	454
Price now	$740.99	$150.25
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	12.94	0.98
Technical info
Boost clock speed	900 MHz
Core clock speed	863 MHz	350 MHz
CUDA cores	2304
Floating-point performance	4,156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	95 °C
Pipelines	2304
Texture fill rate	160.5 billion / sec	4.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	177 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	2x DVI, 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	10.5" (26.7 cm)	198 mm
Minimum recommended system power	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	One 8-pin and one 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	288.4 GB / s	19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
Blu Ray 3D
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
PhysX
TXAA