NVIDIA Tegra 2 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tegra 2 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.

NVIDIA Tegra 2

NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tegra 2

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 30 Watt

Launch date	3 June 2010 vs 20 April 2006
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 30 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

Around 17% higher core clock speed: 350 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	350 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tegra 2
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

Name	NVIDIA Tegra 2	NVIDIA Quadro FX 560
PassMark - G3D Mark		114
PassMark - G2D Mark		360

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tegra 2	NVIDIA Quadro FX 560
Essentials
Architecture	GeForce ULP	Curie
Code name	Tegra 2	G73
Launch date	3 June 2010	20 April 2006
Place in performance rating	not rated	472
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Price now		$150.25
Value for money (0-100)		0.98
Technical info
Boost clock speed	400 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	30 Watt
Texture fill rate		4.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count		177 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		198 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	N / A	9.0c
OpenGL	ES 2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory bandwidth		19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		1200 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3