ATI FireGL V7100 vs NVIDIA Quadro4 380 XGL

Comparative analysis of ATI FireGL V7100 and NVIDIA Quadro4 380 XGL 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

ATI FireGL V7100

NVIDIA Quadro4 380 XGL

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V7100

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 84% higher core clock speed: 507 MHz vs 275 MHz
5.5x more texture fill rate: 6.084 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 1040 MHz vs 512 MHz
10.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 72 vs 7

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 December 2004 vs 12 November 2002
Core clock speed	507 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	6.084 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1040 MHz vs 512 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	72 vs 7

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro4 380 XGL

Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 225 vs 223

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	225 vs 223

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FireGL V7100
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro4 380 XGL

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

223

225

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	ATI FireGL V7100	NVIDIA Quadro4 380 XGL
PassMark - G2D Mark	223	225
PassMark - G3D Mark	72	7

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FireGL V7100	NVIDIA Quadro4 380 XGL
Essentials
Architecture	R400	Celsius
Code name	R480	NV18 A4
Launch date	1 December 2004	12 November 2002
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,099
Place in performance rating	785	786
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	507 MHz	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	6.084 GTexel / s	1.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	91 Watt
Transistor count	160 million	29 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	211 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	9.0b	8.0
OpenGL	2.0	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	33.28 GB / s	8.19 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1040 MHz	512 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR