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).

 

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 1615
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

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