NVIDIA P104-100 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA P104-100 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA P104-100

NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA P104-100

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 4 month(s) later
5.4x more core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 300 MHz
115.5x more texture fill rate: 277.3 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 110 nm
64x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 128 MB
20x more memory clock speed: 10008 MHz vs 500 MHz
45.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3695 vs 81

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 December 2017 vs 9 August 2004
Core clock speed	1607 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	277.3 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	10008 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3695 vs 81

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 294 vs 124

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	294 vs 124

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA P104-100
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

124

294

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3695

Name	NVIDIA P104-100	NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
Geekbench - OpenCL	51497
PassMark - G2D Mark	124	294
PassMark - G3D Mark	3695	81

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA P104-100	NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Curie
Code name	GP104	NV43 A2
Launch date	12 December 2017	9 August 2004
Place in performance rating	552	550
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Price now		$59.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.71
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1733 MHz
Core clock speed	1607 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	8,873 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	2560
Texture fill rate	277.3 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	7,200 million	146 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		25 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	320.3 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	10008 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5X	GDDR3