NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT AGP vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT AGP and NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 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 7950 GT AGP

NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT AGP

2.6x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 171 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 171 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

Around 9% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 45% higher texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 13.2 GTexel / s
3x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 512 MB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 13.2 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT AGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT AGP	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600
PassMark - G3D Mark		525
PassMark - G2D Mark		109
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3328
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3328

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT AGP	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Tesla
Code name	G71	G80
Launch date	2 April 2007	5 March 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	1234
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,999
Price now		$179.99
Value for money (0-100)		4.92
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	13.2 GTexel / s	19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	171 Watt
Transistor count	278 million	681 million
Floating-point performance		345.6 gflops
Pipelines		128
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	2x 6-pin
Length		254 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	44.8 GB / s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3