NVIDIA Quadro Plex 2100 S4 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Rev. 2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro Plex 2100 S4 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Rev. 2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA Quadro Plex 2100 S4

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Rev. 2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro Plex 2100 S4

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 576 MHz
11.4x more texture fill rate: 4x 19.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 36.9 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 4x 128 vs 192
2.9x better floating-point performance: 4x 345.6 gflops vs 476.9 gflops
6.9x more maximum memory size: 4x 1536 MB vs 896 MB

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 576 MHz
Texture fill rate	4x 19.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 36.9 GTexel / s
Pipelines	4x 128 vs 192
Floating-point performance	4x 345.6 gflops vs 476.9 gflops
Maximum memory size	4x 1536 MB vs 896 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Rev. 2

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
3.5x lower typical power consumption: 182 Watt vs 640 Watt
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1998 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	182 Watt vs 640 Watt
Memory clock speed	1998 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro Plex 2100 S4	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Rev. 2
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla 2.0
Code name	G80	GT200B
Launch date	25 July 2008	23 July 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$449
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	576 MHz
Floating-point performance	4x 345.6 gflops	476.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	4x 128	192
Texture fill rate	4x 19.2 GTexel / s billion / sec	36.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	640 Watt	182 Watt
Transistor count	681 million	1,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	522 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4x 1536 MB	896 MB
Memory bandwidth	4x 76.8 GB / s	111.9 GB / s
Memory bus width	4x 384 Bit	448 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1998 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3