NVIDIA Quadro CX vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro CX and NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP 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.

NVIDIA Quadro CX

NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro CX

Around 11% higher core clock speed: 602 MHz vs 540 MHz
8.9x more texture fill rate: 38.5 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
24x more pipelines: 192 vs 8
26.8x better floating-point performance: 462.3 gflops vs 17.28 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 256 MB
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
8.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 947 vs 108

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	602 MHz vs 540 MHz
Texture fill rate	38.5 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 8
Floating-point performance	462.3 gflops vs 17.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	947 vs 108

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP

6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 481 vs 454

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	481 vs 454

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro CX
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

947

108

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

454

481

Name	NVIDIA Quadro CX	NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP
PassMark - G3D Mark	947	108
PassMark - G2D Mark	454	481

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro CX	NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT200B	G98
Launch date	11 November 2008	6 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,999	$129
Place in performance rating	315	316
Price now	$149.95
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	8.20
Technical info
Core clock speed	602 MHz	540 MHz
Floating-point performance	462.3 gflops	17.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	192	8
Texture fill rate	38.5 GTexel / s	4.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2