NVIDIA Quadro 600 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro 600 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 600

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 73% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 69 Watt
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 526 vs 501
  • 5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 232 vs 46
  • Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2037 vs 1385
  • Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2037 vs 1385
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 December 2010 vs 17 November 2009
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 40 Watt vs 69 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 526 vs 501
PassMark - G2D Mark 232 vs 46
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2037 vs 1385
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2037 vs 1385

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

  • 2.1x more core clock speed: 1340 MHz vs 640 MHz
  • Around 72% higher texture fill rate: 17.6 GTexel / s vs 10.24 GTexel / s
  • Around 5% better floating-point performance: 257.28 gflops vs 245.76 gflops
  • Around 6% higher memory clock speed: 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • 4.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9236 vs 2100
  • Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1979 vs 1255
  • Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1979 vs 1255
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1340 MHz vs 640 MHz
Texture fill rate 17.6 GTexel / s vs 10.24 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 257.28 gflops vs 245.76 gflops
Memory clock speed 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 9236 vs 2100
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1979 vs 1255
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1979 vs 1255

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro 600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
526
501
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
232
46
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2100
9236
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1255
1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2037
1385
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1255
1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2037
1385
Name NVIDIA Quadro 600 NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
PassMark - G3D Mark 526 501
PassMark - G2D Mark 232 46
Geekbench - OpenCL 2100 9236
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 5.617
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 185.752
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.526
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 9.023
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 16.137
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 899
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1255 1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2037 1385
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 899
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1255 1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2037 1385

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro 600 NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

Essentials

Architecture Fermi Tesla 2.0
Code name GF108 GT215
Launch date 13 December 2010 17 November 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $179 $80
Place in performance rating 1471 1394
Price now $299 $37.99
Type Workstation Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 2.80 22.27

Technical info

Core clock speed 640 MHz 1340 MHz
Floating-point performance 245.76 gflops 257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 96 96
Texture fill rate 10.24 GTexel / s 17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 40 Watt 69 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 727 million
CUDA cores 96
Maximum GPU temperature 105C C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort DVIVGAHDMI, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Audio input for HDMI Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm 6.6" (168mm) (16.8 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None None
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB or 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s 54.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA