NVIDIA Quadro 400 vs NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro 400 and NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro 400

NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 400

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 53% higher texture fill rate: 7.2 GTexel / s vs 4.71 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 48 vs 16
2.4x better floating-point performance: 108 gflops vs 44.86 gflops
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 148 vs 118
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 59 vs 55
Around 66% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4630 vs 2795
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1103 vs 1017
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1103 vs 1017

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 April 2011 vs 3 September 2010
Texture fill rate	7.2 GTexel / s vs 4.71 GTexel / s
Pipelines	48 vs 16
Floating-point performance	108 gflops vs 44.86 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	148 vs 118
PassMark - G2D Mark	59 vs 55
Geekbench - OpenCL	4630 vs 2795
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1103 vs 1017
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1103 vs 1017

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM

Around 31% higher core clock speed: 589 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 28% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 32 Watt
Around 3% higher memory clock speed: 1580 MHz vs 1540 MHz

Core clock speed	589 MHz vs 450 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 32 Watt
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz vs 1540 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro 400
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

148

118

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4630

2795

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1103

1017

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1103

1017

Name	NVIDIA Quadro 400	NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	148	118
PassMark - G2D Mark	59	55
Geekbench - OpenCL	4630	2795
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1103	1017
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1103	1017

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro 400	NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GT216	GT218
Launch date	5 April 2011	3 September 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$169
Place in performance rating	1614	1637
Price now	$145.55
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	2.13
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	589 MHz
Floating-point performance	108 gflops	44.86 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	48	16
Texture fill rate	7.2 GTexel / s	4.71 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	32 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	486 million	260 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	163 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.32 GB / s	12.64 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1540 MHz	1580 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3