ATI FireGL T2-128 vs NVIDIA Quadro

Comparative analysis of ATI FireGL T2-128 and NVIDIA Quadro videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI FireGL T2-128

NVIDIA Quadro

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL T2-128

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.9x more core clock speed: 398 MHz vs 135 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 220 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 32 MB
3.6x more memory clock speed: 594 MHz vs 166 MHz

Launch date	1 October 2003 vs 1 January 1999
Core clock speed	398 MHz vs 135 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 220 nm
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	594 MHz vs 166 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro

337.5x more texture fill rate: 540 MTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	540 MTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FireGL T2-128
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro

Name	ATI FireGL T2-128	NVIDIA Quadro
PassMark - G3D Mark	31
PassMark - G2D Mark	178

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FireGL T2-128	NVIDIA Quadro
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 8	Celsius
Code name	RV350	NV10 A3
Launch date	1 October 2003	1 January 1999
Place in performance rating	999	not rated
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	398 MHz	135 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	220 nm
Texture fill rate	1.6 GTexel / s	540 MTexel / s
Transistor count	76 million	17 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0	7.0
OpenGL	2.0	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	10.24 GB / s	2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	594 MHz	166 MHz
Memory type	DDR	SDR