NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 625 MHz
3.4x more texture fill rate: 33.6 billion / sec vs 10 GTexel / s
3.5x more pipelines: 112 vs 32
4.2x better floating-point performance: 336.0 gflops vs 80 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 469 vs 231

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 October 2007 vs 1 June 2007
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	33.6 billion / sec vs 10 GTexel / s
Pipelines	112 vs 32
Floating-point performance	336.0 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	469 vs 231

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

2.1x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 105 Watt
Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 89 vs 53

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 105 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	89 vs 53

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

469

231

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
PassMark - G3D Mark	469	231
PassMark - G2D Mark	53	89
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G92	G84
Launch date	29 October 2007	1 June 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$349	$149.90
Place in performance rating	1390	1391
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Price now		$149.90
Value for money (0-100)		1.87
Technical info
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	625 MHz
CUDA cores	112
Floating-point performance	336.0 gflops	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	112	32
Texture fill rate	33.6 billion / sec	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV	No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-HE
Length	9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin & 8-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)	128bit