ATI Radeon X800 XL AGP vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 SDI

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X800 XL AGP and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 SDI 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 X800 XL AGP

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 SDI

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 XL AGP

Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 6.4 GTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
3.1x lower typical power consumption: 49 Watt vs 150 Watt

Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt vs 150 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 SDI

Around 6% higher core clock speed: 425 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	425 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X800 XL AGP	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 SDI
Essentials
Architecture	R400	Curie
Code name	R430	NV41
Launch date	1 May 2004	19 April 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$4,999
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s	5.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	160 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0b	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.0 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3