ATI FireGL X3-256 vs NVIDIA Quadro4 400 NVS PCI

Comparative analysis of ATI FireGL X3-256 and NVIDIA Quadro4 400 NVS PCI videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

ATI FireGL X3-256

NVIDIA Quadro4 400 NVS PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL X3-256

2.2x more core clock speed: 491 MHz vs 220 MHz
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 2x 64 MB
2.7x more memory clock speed: 908 MHz vs 332 MHz

Core clock speed	491 MHz vs 220 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 2x 64 MB
Memory clock speed	908 MHz vs 332 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro4 400 NVS PCI

533.3x more texture fill rate: 2x 880 MTexel / s billion / sec vs 5.4 GTexel / s
3.2x lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 57 Watt

Texture fill rate	2x 880 MTexel / s billion / sec vs 5.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 57 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FireGL X3-256	NVIDIA Quadro4 400 NVS PCI
Essentials
Architecture	R400	Celsius
Code name	R420	NV17 A3
Launch date	3 August 2004	16 July 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,099
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	491 MHz	220 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	5.4 GTexel / s	2x 880 MTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	57 Watt	18 Watt
Transistor count	160 million	29 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x LFH60
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	PCI
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	None
API support
DirectX	9.0b	8.0
OpenGL	2.0	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	2x 64 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	2x 5.31 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	908 MHz	332 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR