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.

 

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 1644
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