NVIDIA GRID K540Q vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 600 PCI
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | GK104 | NV34 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Kepler | Rankine |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 28 nm | 150 nm |
| Number of transistors | 3,540 million | 45 million |
| Die size | 294 mm² | 124 mm² |
| GPU variant | — | NV34 GL |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Jul 2nd, 2014 | Mar 17th, 2004 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GRID | Quadro FX |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Launch price | 3,599 USD | — |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCI |
| Reviews | — | 26 in our database |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 745 MHz | 270 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 1250 MHz 5 Gbps effective | 240 MHz 480 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 4 GB | 128 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | DDR |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 160.0 GB/s | 7.680 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 1536 | — |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 128 | 4 |
| ROPs | 32 | 4 |
| SMX count | 8 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per SMX) | — |
| Cache L2 | 512 KB | — |
| Pixel shaders | — | 4 |
| Vertex shaders | — | 2 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 23.84 GPixel/s | 1.080 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 95.36 GTexel/s | 1.080 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 2.289 TFLOPS | — |
| FP64 (double) performance | 95.36 GFLOPS (1:24) | — |
| Vertex rate | — | 135.0 MVertices/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 267 mm 10.5 inches | 165 mm 6.5 inches |
| TDP | 225 W | unknown |
| Suggested PSU | 550 W | 200 W |
| Outputs | No outputs | 2x DVI1x S-Video |
| Width | — | 111 mm 4.4 inches |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 9.0a |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 1.5 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | — |
| Vulkan | 1.1 | — |
| CUDA | 3.0 | — |
| Shader model | 5.1 | — |
| Pixel shader | — | 2.0a |
| Vertex shader | — | 2.0a |
