NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GX2 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GX2 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GX2

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GX2

Around 54% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 325 MHz
32.6x more texture fill rate: 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 6.5 GTexel / s
4x more maximum memory size: 2x 512 MB vs 256 MB

Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 6.5 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	2x 512 MB vs 256 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Memory clock speed	1250 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GX2
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GX2	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500
PassMark - G3D Mark		170
PassMark - G2D Mark		74
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		486
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		486

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GX2	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	G71	G71
Launch date	30 April 2006	20 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$599	$699
Place in performance rating	not rated	1622
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Price now		$109.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.84
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec	6.5 GTexel / s
Transistor count	278 million	278 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		65 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	312 mm	173 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 38.4 GB / s	40.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3