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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

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
41.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3355 vs 81
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 326 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	3355 vs 81
PassMark - G2D Mark	326 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

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

326

294

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A	NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
PassMark - G3D Mark	3355	81
PassMark - G2D Mark	326	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
Essentials
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
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
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		198 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
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