NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 560 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • 5.2x more texture fill rate: 2x 2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4.2 GTexel / s
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2x 128 MB vs 128 MB
Launch date 9 March 2009 vs 20 April 2006
Texture fill rate 2x 2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size 2x 128 MB vs 128 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

  • Around 40% higher core clock speed: 350 MHz vs 250 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
  • Around 3% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 31 Watt
  • 2.4x more memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • 3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 114 vs 38
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 360 vs 358
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 350 MHz vs 250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm vs 110 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt vs 31 Watt
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 114 vs 38
PassMark - G2D Mark 360 vs 358

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
38
114
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
358
360
Name NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440 NVIDIA Quadro FX 560
PassMark - G3D Mark 38 114
PassMark - G2D Mark 358 360

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440 NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

Essentials

Architecture Curie Curie
Code name NV43 A4 G73
Launch date 9 March 2009 20 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP) $96.99 $299
Place in performance rating 449 447
Price now $93.61 $150.25
Type Workstation Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 0.53 0.98

Technical info

Core clock speed 250 MHz 350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 110 nm 90 nm
Texture fill rate 2x 2 GTexel / s billion / sec 4.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 31 Watt 30 Watt
Transistor count 146 million 177 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DMS-59 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 187 mm 198 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 9.0c 9.0c
OpenGL 2.1 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2x 128 MB 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 2x 8 GB / s 19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 2x 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 500 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3