NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GX2 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 350

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GX2 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.

NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GX2

NVIDIA Quadro FX 350

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GX2

96.4x more texture fill rate: 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 2.2 GTexel / s
8x more maximum memory size: 2x 512 MB vs 128 MB
Around 48% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 810 MHz

Texture fill rate	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	2x 512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 810 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 350

Around 10% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 500 MHz

Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 500 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GX2
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 350

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GX2	NVIDIA Quadro FX 350
PassMark - G3D Mark		86
PassMark - G2D Mark		378

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GX2	NVIDIA Quadro FX 350
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	G71	G72
Launch date	30 April 2006	20 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$599
Place in performance rating	not rated	453
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec	2.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	278 million	112 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		21 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	312 mm	168 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	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 38.4 GB / s	6.48 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	810 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2