ATI Radeon DDR VIVO SE vs NVIDIA Quadro DCC

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon DDR VIVO SE and NVIDIA Quadro DCC videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

ATI Radeon DDR VIVO SE

NVIDIA Quadro DCC

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon DDR VIVO SE

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
Around 57% higher memory clock speed: 360 MHz vs 230 MHz

Launch date	14 August 2001 vs 14 May 2001
Memory clock speed	360 MHz vs 230 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro DCC

Around 7% higher core clock speed: 200 MHz vs 187 MHz
713x more texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 1.122 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 150 nm vs 180 nm

Core clock speed	200 MHz vs 187 MHz
Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s vs 1.122 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm vs 180 nm

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon DDR VIVO SE	NVIDIA Quadro DCC
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 6	Kelvin
Code name	Rage 6	NV20 A5
Launch date	14 August 2001	14 May 2001
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	187 MHz	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.122 GTexel / s	800 MTexel / s
Transistor count	30 million	57 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x VGA, 2x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	7.0	8.0
OpenGL	1.3	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	5.76 GB / s	3.68 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	360 MHz	230 MHz
Memory type	DDR	SDR