NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 570

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS and NVIDIA Quadro FX 570 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 9500M GS

NVIDIA Quadro FX 570

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 460 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 7.6 GTexel / s vs 3.68 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 32 vs 16
2.1x better floating-point performance: 60.8 gflops vs 29.44 gflops
Around 90% lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 38 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1053 vs 858
Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1053 vs 858

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2008 vs 12 September 2007
Core clock speed	950 MHz vs 460 MHz
Texture fill rate	7.6 GTexel / s vs 3.68 GTexel / s
Pipelines	32 vs 16
Floating-point performance	60.8 gflops vs 29.44 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 38 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1053 vs 858
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1053 vs 858

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 570

Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 220 vs 134
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 64 vs 59

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	220 vs 134
PassMark - G2D Mark	64 vs 59

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 570

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

134

220

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1053

858

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1053

858

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS	NVIDIA Quadro FX 570
PassMark - G3D Mark	134	220
PassMark - G2D Mark	59	64
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1053	858
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1053	858

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS	NVIDIA Quadro FX 570
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G84	G84
Launch date	1 February 2008	12 September 2007
Place in performance rating	1603	1604
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Price now		$89.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.66
Technical info
Core clock speed	950 MHz	460 MHz
CUDA cores	32
Floating-point performance	60.8 gflops	29.44 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	32	16
Texture fill rate	7.6 GTexel / s	3.68 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	38 Watt
Transistor count	289 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Length		198 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2 / GDDR3	DDR2
Shared memory	0