NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M 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, 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 1 month(s) later
- 3.1x more core clock speed: 924 MHz vs 300 MHz
- 34.6x more texture fill rate: 83.04 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
- 48x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 128 MB
- 5x more memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 500 MHz
- 70.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5726 vs 81
- Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 391 vs 294
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 7 October 2014 vs 9 August 2004 |
Core clock speed | 924 MHz vs 300 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 83.04 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 110 nm |
Maximum memory size | 6 GB vs 128 MB |
Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz vs 500 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 5726 vs 81 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 391 vs 294 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
- 3.2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 81 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 25 Watt vs 81 Watt |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M | NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 5726 | 81 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 391 | 294 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 18376 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 59.428 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1113.788 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.157 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 39.101 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 81.909 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 8546 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3699 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3342 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 8546 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3699 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3342 | |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 2283 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M | NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | Curie |
Code name | GM204 | NV43 A2 |
Launch date | 7 October 2014 | 9 August 2004 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $2,560.89 | $299 |
Place in performance rating | 548 | 550 |
Price now | $1,899 | $59.99 |
Type | Laptop | Workstation |
Value for money (0-100) | 3.99 | 1.71 |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1038 MHz | |
Core clock speed | 924 MHz | 300 MHz |
CUDA cores | 1280 | |
Floating-point performance | 2,657 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 110 nm |
Pipelines | 1280 | |
Texture fill rate | 83.04 GTexel / s | 2.4 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 81 Watt | 25 Watt |
Transistor count | 5,200 million | 146 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | 1 | |
G-SYNC support | ||
HDMI | ||
VGA аnalog display support | 1 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | |
Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Laptop size | large | |
SLI options | 1 | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
Length | 198 mm | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 9.0c |
OpenCL | 1.1 | |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 128 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 120 GB / s | 8 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz | 500 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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Ansel | ||
BatteryBoost | ||
CUDA | ||
DSR | ||
GameStream | ||
GameWorks | ||
GeForce Experience | ||
GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
GPU Boost | ||
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | ||
Optimus | ||
SLI |