NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 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 960

NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 9 month(s) later
3.1x more core clock speed: 1127 MHz vs 360 MHz
25x more texture fill rate: 72 billion / sec vs 2.88 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
94.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6065 vs 64
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 675 vs 325

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 January 2015 vs 20 April 2006
Core clock speed	1127 MHz vs 360 MHz
Texture fill rate	72 billion / sec vs 2.88 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6065 vs 64
PassMark - G2D Mark	675 vs 325

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

4x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 120 Watt
114.3x more memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 120 Watt
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6065

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

675

325

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960	NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
PassMark - G3D Mark	6065	64
PassMark - G2D Mark	675	325
Geekbench - OpenCL	18326
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	73.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	792.44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	35.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	200.825
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3335
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2283

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960	NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Curie
Code name	GM206	NV43 A2
Launch date	22 January 2015	20 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	496	499
Price now	$229.99
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	34.63
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1178 MHz
Core clock speed	1127 MHz	360 MHz
CUDA cores	1024
Floating-point performance	2,413 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1024
Texture fill rate	72 billion / sec	2.88 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	2,940 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDCP
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
Recommended system power (PSU)	400 Watt
SLI options	2x
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pins	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost