NVIDIA Quadro P400 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro P400 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM 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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA Quadro P400

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro P400

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 4% higher core clock speed: 1228 MHz vs 1176 MHz
Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1252 MHz vs 1201 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm

Launch date	7 February 2017 vs 26 November 2015
Core clock speed	1228 MHz vs 1176 MHz
Boost clock speed	1252 MHz vs 1201 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

3.6x more texture fill rate: 76.86 GTexel / s vs 21.25 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 1024 vs 256
3.6x better floating-point performance: 2,460 gflops vs 679.9 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 7012 MHz vs 4012 MHz
3.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 76.687 vs 19.856
2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 890.785 vs 309.824
Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 28.659 vs 25.011

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	76.86 GTexel / s vs 21.25 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 256
Floating-point performance	2,460 gflops vs 679.9 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	7012 MHz vs 4012 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	76.687 vs 19.856
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	890.785 vs 309.824
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	28.659 vs 25.011

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro P400
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

19.856

76.687

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

309.824

890.785

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

25.011

28.659

Name	NVIDIA Quadro P400	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	1645
PassMark - G2D Mark	440
Geekbench - OpenCL	3053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	19.856	76.687
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	309.824	890.785
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.38
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	25.011	28.659
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	84.489
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2709
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2875
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3328
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2709
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2875
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3328
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	617

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro P400	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	GP107	GM206
Launch date	7 February 2017	26 November 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$119.99
Place in performance rating	1000	1002
Price now	$119.99
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	18.70
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1252 MHz	1201 MHz
Core clock speed	1228 MHz	1176 MHz
Floating-point performance	679.9 gflops	2,460 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	256	1024
Texture fill rate	21.25 GTexel / s	76.86 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt
Transistor count	3,300 million	2,940 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	3x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	32.1 GB / s	112.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4012 MHz	7012 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5