NVIDIA GRID K180Q
VS
NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
NVIDIA GRID K180Q
VS
NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GRID K180Q and NVIDIA Quadro FX 540. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

842
Place in performance rating
not rated
no data
Value for money (0-100)
1.52
Kepler
Architecture
Curie
GK107
Code name
NV43 A2
Workstation
Type
Workstation
28 June 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
9 August 2004 (17 years ago)
$125
Launch price (MSRP)
$299
no data
Price now
$60 (0.2x MSRP)
GK107
GPU code name
NV43 A2
Workstation
Market segment
Workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GRID K180Q and NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

192
Pipelines
no data
850 MHz
Core clock speed
300 MHz
1,270 million
Transistor count
146 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
110 nm
130 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
25 Watt
13.60
Texture fill rate
2.400
326.4 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
192
Pipelines / CUDA cores
no data
1,270 million
Number of transistors
146 million
130 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 GRID K180Q and NVIDIA Quadro FX 540.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
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Length
198 mm
no data
Supplementary power connectors
None

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 GRID K180Q and NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 can be seen in this section.

DDR3
Memory type
GDDR3
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
128 MB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
1782 MHz
Memory clock speed
500 MHz
28.51 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
8 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GRID K180Q and NVIDIA Quadro FX 540, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GRID K180Q 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)
4.6
OpenGL
2.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GRID K180Q 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 GRID K180Q 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 GRID K180Q
NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GRID K180Q
NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GRID K180Q
NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GRID K180Q
NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GRID K180Q
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 GRID K180Q

3.25% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 110 nm)

More memory bandwidth (28.51 GB/s vs 8 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

Less power consumption (25 Watt vs 130 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (128 MB vs 1 GB)

So, NVIDIA GRID K180Q or NVIDIA Quadro FX 540?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GRID K180Q .

NVIDIA GRID K180Q versus NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GRID K180Q
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