Quadro FX 540 vs FirePro 2270

Place in the ranking	1272	1385
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.72	0.59
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	Cedar	NV43
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	31 January 2011 (13 years ago)	9 August 2004 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$299

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	80	no data
Core clock speed	600 MHz	300 MHz
Number of transistors	292 million	146 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	25 Watt
Texture fill rate	4.800	2.400
Floating-point processing power	0.096 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	4	4
TMUs	8	8

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	170 mm	198 mm
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	600 MHz	250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	9.6 GB/s	8 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

1x DMS-59

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	5.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.4	2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FirePro 2270 0.37
+76.2%

FX 540 0.21

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

FirePro 2270 142
+77.5%

FX 540 80

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.37	0.21
Recency	31 January 2011	9 August 2004
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	25 Watt

FirePro 2270 has a 76.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 175% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

The FirePro 2270 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro FX 540 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.