ATI FirePro V9800 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro V9800 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

ATI FirePro V9800

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V9800

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 375 MHz
7.6x more texture fill rate: 68.0 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
80x more pipelines: 1600 vs 20
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
4.6x more memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
15.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2727 vs 171
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 655 vs 275

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 September 2010 vs 18 April 2006
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 375 MHz
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1600 vs 20
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2727 vs 171
PassMark - G2D Mark	655 vs 275

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

5.6x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro V9800
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2727

171

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

655

275

Name	ATI FirePro V9800	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
PassMark - G3D Mark	2727	171
PassMark - G2D Mark	655	275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	9.718
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	738.1
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	27.153
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	118.756

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FirePro V9800	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Curie
Code name	Cypress	G71
Launch date	9 September 2010	18 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,499
Place in performance rating	631	632
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	375 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,720.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1600	20
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s	9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	278 million
Boost clock speed		375 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	147.2 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	500 Bit
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256
Shared memory		0