NVIDIA Quadro FX 570 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9400

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 570 and NVIDIA GeForce 9400 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 570

NVIDIA GeForce 9400

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 570

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 5% lower typical power consumption: 38 Watt vs 40 Watt
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 220 vs 99
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 858 vs 800
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 858 vs 800

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 September 2007 vs 17 April 2007
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	38 Watt vs 40 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	220 vs 99
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	858 vs 800
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	858 vs 800

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9400

Around 26% higher core clock speed: 580 MHz vs 460 MHz
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 72 vs 64

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	580 MHz vs 460 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	72 vs 64

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 570
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9400

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

220

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

858

800

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

858

800

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 570	NVIDIA GeForce 9400
PassMark - G3D Mark	220	99
PassMark - G2D Mark	64	72
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	858	800
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	858	800

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 570	NVIDIA GeForce 9400
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G84	MCP7A
Launch date	12 September 2007	17 April 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	1604	1605
Price now	$89.99
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	1.66
Technical info
Core clock speed	460 MHz	580 MHz
Floating-point performance	29.44 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	3.68 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	38 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	289 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCI
Length	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR2