NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A 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: 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
- Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 7 month(s) later
- 3.4x more core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 300 MHz
- 18.1x more texture fill rate: 43.4 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
- 16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
- 10x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 500 MHz
- 42.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3465 vs 81
- Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 312 vs 294
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 13 March 2015 vs 9 August 2004 |
Core clock speed | 1029 MHz vs 300 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 43.4 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 110 nm |
Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 128 MB |
Memory clock speed | 5012 MHz vs 500 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 3465 vs 81 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 312 vs 294 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
- 3x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 75 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 25 Watt vs 75 Watt |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A | NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 3465 | 81 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 312 | 294 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 12495 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 49.772 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 757.295 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.67 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 49.875 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 179.567 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 5157 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 5834 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 7859 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 5157 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 5834 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 7859 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A | NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Maxwell | Curie |
Code name | GM107 | NV43 A2 |
Launch date | 13 March 2015 | 9 August 2004 |
Place in performance rating | 553 | 550 |
Type | Desktop | Workstation |
Launch price (MSRP) | $299 | |
Price now | $59.99 | |
Value for money (0-100) | 1.71 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1085 MHz | |
Core clock speed | 1029 MHz | 300 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 1,389 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 110 nm |
Pipelines | 640 | |
Texture fill rate | 43.4 GTexel / s | 2.4 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt | 25 Watt |
Transistor count | 1,870 million | 146 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Length | 198 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 9.0c |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 128 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 80.19 GB / s | 8 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 5012 MHz | 500 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |