ATI Radeon HD 5830 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5830 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

ATI Radeon HD 5830

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5830

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 375 MHz
2.1x more boost clock speed: 800 MHz vs 375 MHz
5x more texture fill rate: 44.8 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
56x more pipelines: 1120 vs 20
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
4x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
10.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1734 vs 171
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 399 vs 275

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 February 2010 vs 18 April 2006
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 375 MHz
Boost clock speed	800 MHz vs 375 MHz
Texture fill rate	44.8 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1120 vs 20
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1734 vs 171
PassMark - G2D Mark	399 vs 275

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

3.9x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 175 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 175 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5830
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1734

171

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

399

275

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5830	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
PassMark - G3D Mark	1734	171
PassMark - G2D Mark	399	275
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5830	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Curie
Code name	Cypress	G71
Design	ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date	25 February 2010	18 April 2006
Place in performance rating	537	599
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	800 MHz	375 MHz
Core clock speed	800 MHz	375 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,792.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1120	20
Texture fill rate	44.8 GTexel / s	9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Length	282 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	11	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	500 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256
Shared memory		0
Technologies
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