ATI Radeon X1650 GTO vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 350

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1650 GTO and NVIDIA Quadro FX 350 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.

ATI Radeon X1650 GTO

NVIDIA Quadro FX 350

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1650 GTO

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 7% higher core clock speed: 587 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 7% higher texture fill rate: 2.348 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 384 vs 378

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 December 2007 vs 20 April 2006
Core clock speed	587 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.348 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	384 vs 378

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 350

Around 3% higher memory clock speed: 810 MHz vs 784 MHz
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 86 vs 75

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	810 MHz vs 784 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	86 vs 75

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1650 GTO
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 350

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

384

378

Name	ATI Radeon X1650 GTO	NVIDIA Quadro FX 350
PassMark - G3D Mark	75	86
PassMark - G2D Mark	384	378

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1650 GTO	NVIDIA Quadro FX 350
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Curie
Code name	RV530	G72
Launch date	2 December 2007	20 April 2006
Place in performance rating	419	421
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	587 MHz	550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	2.348 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	157 million	112 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		21 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		168 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.54 GB / s	6.48 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	784 MHz	810 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR2