NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
VS
NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
VS
NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti and NVIDIA Quadro FX 540. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

280
Place in performance rating
not rated
10.96
Value for money (0-100)
1.52
Kepler
Architecture
Curie
GK104
Code name
NV43 A2
Desktop
Type
Workstation
16 August 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
9 August 2004 (17 years ago)
$299
Launch price (MSRP)
$299
$198 (0.7x MSRP)
Price now
$60 (0.2x MSRP)
8.66
Value for money
no data
GK104
GPU code name
NV43 A2
Desktop
Market segment
Workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti and NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1344
Pipelines
no data
915 MHz
Core clock speed
300 MHz
980 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
3,540 million
Transistor count
146 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
110 nm
150 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
25 Watt
102.5 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
2.400
2,459.5 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
1344
CUDA cores
no data
1344
Pipelines / CUDA cores
no data
980 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
3,540 million
Number of transistors
146 million
150 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
25 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti and NVIDIA Quadro FX 540.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
9.5" (24.1 cm)
Length
198 mm
Two 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
+
SLI options
no data
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
no data
4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti and NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR3
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
128 MB
192-bit GDDR5
Memory bus width
128 Bit
6.0 GB/s
Memory clock speed
500 MHz
144.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
8 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti and NVIDIA Quadro FX 540, the size and number of monitors.

One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
+
G-SYNC support
no data
4 displays
Multi monitor support
no data
+
HDCP
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
no data

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti and NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
no data
+
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
3D Gaming
no data
+
FXAA
no data
+
TXAA
no data
+
Adaptive VSync
no data
+
3D Blu-Ray
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti and NVIDIA Quadro FX 540. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
4.3
OpenGL
2.1
1.1.126
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti and NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti or NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

19.77% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 110 nm)

More memory bandwidth (144.2 GB/s vs 8 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

Advantages of NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

Cheaper ($60 (0.2x MSRP) vs $198 (0.7x MSRP))

Less power consumption (25 Watt vs 150 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (128 MB vs 2 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti or NVIDIA Quadro FX 540?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti versus NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA Quadro FX 540