NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
3.1x lower typical power consumption: 59 Watt vs 182 Watt
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 999 MHz
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 62 vs 56

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 March 2009 vs 16 June 2008
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	59 Watt vs 182 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 999 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	62 vs 56

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

2.3x more core clock speed: 1242 MHz vs 550 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 36.9 billion / sec vs 17.6 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 192 vs 64
2.7x better floating-point performance: 476.9 gflops vs 176 gflops
Around 17% higher maximum memory size: 896 MB vs 768 MB
3.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1218 vs 398
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3342 vs 2917
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3342 vs 2917

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1242 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	36.9 billion / sec vs 17.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 64
Floating-point performance	476.9 gflops vs 176 gflops
Maximum memory size	896 MB vs 768 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1218 vs 398
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3342 vs 2917
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342 vs 2917

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

398

1218

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2917

3342

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2917

3342

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
PassMark - G3D Mark	398	1218
PassMark - G2D Mark	62	56
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2917	3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2917	3342
Geekbench - OpenCL		19512
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		8.664
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		477.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		24.906
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		29.525

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla 2.0
Code name	G94	GT200
Launch date	30 March 2009	16 June 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$489	$449
Place in performance rating	1407	1409
Price now	$186.29	$95.38
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	4.05	13.70
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	1242 MHz
Floating-point performance	176 gflops	476.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	64	192
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s	36.9 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	59 Watt	182 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	1,400 million
CUDA cores		192
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	198 mm	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	896 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s	111.9 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	448 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	999 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI