NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT and NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M 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

NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 10% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 13.2 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 60% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 348 vs 218

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 August 2006 vs 29 September 2005
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	13.2 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	348 vs 218

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M

Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 272 vs 153

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	272 vs 153

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

348

218

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

153

272

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M
PassMark - G3D Mark	348	218
PassMark - G2D Mark	153	272
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1247
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1247

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	G71	G71
Launch date	6 August 2006	29 September 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$114.95	$99.99
Place in performance rating	1066	1068
Price now	$114.95	$99.99
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	2.99	2.77
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	13.2 GTexel / s	12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	278 million	278 million
Boost clock speed		500 MHz
Pipelines		24
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	MXM-III
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	44.8 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	600 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	256
Shared memory		0