NVIDIA Tesla K10 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla K10 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA Tesla K10

NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla K10

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 86% higher core clock speed: 745 MHz vs 400 MHz
92.3x more texture fill rate: 2x 95.36 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 3.2 GTexel / s
192x more pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 16
178.8x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,289 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 256 MB
4.2x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 1027
3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 1027

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 May 2012 vs 9 May 2007
Core clock speed	745 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 95.36 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 1536 vs 16
Floating-point performance	2x 2,289 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353 vs 1027
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353 vs 1027

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M

13.2x lower typical power consumption: 17 Watt vs 225 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	17 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla K10
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

1027

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

1027

Name	NVIDIA Tesla K10	NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M
Geekbench - OpenCL	14029
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	40.736
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	975.508
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.39
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3632
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3632
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353	1027
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353	1027
PassMark - G3D Mark		87
PassMark - G2D Mark		308

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla K10	NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Tesla
Code name	GK104	G86
Launch date	1 May 2012	9 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,099
Place in performance rating	982	985
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	745 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 2,289 gflops	25.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	2x 1536	16
Texture fill rate	2x 95.36 GTexel / s billion / sec	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	17 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	272 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 160.0 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
PowerMizer 7.0