NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT and NVIDIA Quadro FX 560 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
4x more core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 350 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 8.8 billion / sec vs 4.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 / 512 MB vs 128 MB
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 172 vs 114

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 July 2008 vs 20 April 2006
Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	8.8 billion / sec vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	256 / 512 MB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	172 vs 114

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
11.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 360 vs 32

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 50 Watt
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	360 vs 32

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

172

114

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

360

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT	NVIDIA Quadro FX 560
PassMark - G3D Mark	172	114
PassMark - G2D Mark	32	360
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	0.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	56.838
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1505
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1505

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT	NVIDIA Quadro FX 560
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G96C	G73
Launch date	29 July 2008	20 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$85.99	$299
Place in performance rating	1666	472
Price now	$85.99	$150.25
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	4.13	0.98
Technical info
Core clock speed	1400 MHz	350 MHz
CUDA cores	32
Floating-point performance	89.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	32
Texture fill rate	8.8 billion / sec	4.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	177 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVISingle Link DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	6.875" (17.5 cm)	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 / 512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)	19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
CUDA
SLI