NVIDIA Tesla M60 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M60 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, 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).

NVIDIA Tesla M60

NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M60

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 59% higher core clock speed: 557 MHz vs 350 MHz
512.1x more texture fill rate: 2x 151.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
128x more maximum memory size: 2x 8 GB vs 128 MB
4.2x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1200 MHz
67.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7652 vs 114
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 517 vs 360

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 August 2015 vs 20 April 2006
Core clock speed	557 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 151.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 8 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	7652 vs 114
PassMark - G2D Mark	517 vs 360

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

10x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 300 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 300 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M60
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7652

114

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

517

360

Name	NVIDIA Tesla M60	NVIDIA Quadro FX 560
PassMark - G3D Mark	7652	114
PassMark - G2D Mark	517	360
Geekbench - OpenCL	29272
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	114.389
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1451.124
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.266
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	70.038
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	314.404
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8663
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	886
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1791
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8663
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	886
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1791

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla M60	NVIDIA Quadro FX 560
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Curie
Code name	GM204	G73
Launch date	30 August 2015	20 April 2006
Place in performance rating	475	472
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Price now		$150.25
Value for money (0-100)		0.98
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1178 MHz
Core clock speed	557 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 4,833 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2x 2048
Texture fill rate	2x 151.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	4.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	177 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 8 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 160.4 GB / s	19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3