NVIDIA GeForce 8200 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8200 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 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 8200

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8200

Videocard is newer: launch date 0 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 54% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 325 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
Around 63% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 600 vs 486
Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 600 vs 486

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 April 2007 vs 20 April 2006
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	600 vs 486
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	600 vs 486

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 170 vs 156
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 74 vs 71

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	170 vs 156
PassMark - G2D Mark	74 vs 71

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8200
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

156

170

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

600

486

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

600

486

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8200	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500
PassMark - G3D Mark	156	170
PassMark - G2D Mark	71	74
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	600	486
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	600	486

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8200	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	C78	G71
Launch date	17 April 2007	20 April 2006
Place in performance rating	1608	1609
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$699
Price now		$109.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.84
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	278 million
Texture fill rate		6.5 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		173 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		40.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		1250 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3