NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
VS
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
VS
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

223
Place in performance rating
not rated
60.47
Value for money (0-100)
0.19
Maxwell
Architecture
Rankine
GM206
Code name
NV36
Desktop
Type
Workstation
22 January 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
1 April 2004 (17 years ago)
$199
Launch price (MSRP)
$169.75
$444 (2.2x MSRP)
Price now
$310 (1.8x MSRP)
10.46
Value for money
no data
GM206
GPU code name
NV36
Desktop
Market segment
Workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1024
Pipelines
no data
1127 MHz
Core clock speed
425 MHz
1178 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
2,940 million
Transistor count
82 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
120 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
72 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
1.700
2,413 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
1024
CUDA cores
no data
1024
Pipelines / CUDA cores
no data
1178 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
2,940 million
Number of transistors
82 million
120 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
AGP 8x
9.5" (24.1 cm)
Length
no data
1x 6-pins
Supplementary power connectors
1x Molex
+
SLI options
no data
400 Watt
Recommended system power (PSU)
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 960 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
DDR2
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
128 MB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
7.0 GB/s
Memory clock speed
650 MHz
112 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
10.4 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100, the size and number of monitors.

Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 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 960 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
no data
2.0
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
GeForce Experience
no data
+
Surround
no data
+
Adaptive Vertical Sync
no data
+
GameStream
no data
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
no data
+
GameWorks
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
9.0a
4.4
OpenGL
1.5 (2.1)
+
Vulkan
no data
6.4
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 960 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 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 960 or NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100
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 960

27.51% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 130 nm)

More memory bandwidth (112 GB/s vs 10.4 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

Advantages of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100

Cheaper ($310 (1.8x MSRP) vs $444 (2.2x MSRP))

More maximum RAM amount (128 MB vs 2 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 versus NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

2.5 Out of 2 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100