NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GX2 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GX2 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

  • Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 1210 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Memory clock speed 1210 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GX2
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

Name NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GX2 NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2
PassMark - G2D Mark 653
PassMark - G3D Mark 236

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GX2 NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

Essentials

Architecture Curie Curie
Code name G71 G71
Launch date 30 April 2006 24 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP) $599 $2,799
Place in performance rating not rated 202
Type Desktop Workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 500 MHz 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm 90 nm
Texture fill rate 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Transistor count 278 million 278 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 145 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video 4x DVI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 312 mm 305 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 9.0c 9.0c
OpenGL 2.1 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2x 512 MB 2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 2x 38.4 GB / s 2x 38.7 GB / s
Memory bus width 2x 256 Bit 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz 1210 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3

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