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.

NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GX2

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

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	201
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