Quadro FX 360M vs GeForce GTX 570

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	437	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.08	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	no data
GPU code name	GF110	NB8M-GLM
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Release date	7 December 2010 (13 years ago)	9 May 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$349	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	480	16
CUDA cores	480	no data
Core clock speed	732 MHz	400 MHz
Number of transistors	3,000 million	210 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	219 Watt	17 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	43.92	3.200
Floating-point processing power	1.405 gflops	0.0256 gflops

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).

Bus support	PCI-E 2.0 x 16	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	no data
SLI options	+	-

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	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1280 MB	256 MB
Memory bus width	320 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1900 MHz (3800 data rate)	600 MHz
Memory bandwidth	152.0 GB/s	9.6 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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	Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	5.1	4.0
OpenGL	4.2	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	1.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	7 December 2010	9 May 2007
Maximum RAM amount	1280 MB	256 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	219 Watt	17 Watt

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