NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
4.3x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 350 MHz
8x more texture fill rate: 33.6 billion / sec vs 4.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 130 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 600 MHz
3.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 459 vs 124

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 July 2008 vs 9 August 2004
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	33.6 billion / sec vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	900 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	459 vs 124

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400

Around 91% lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 105 Watt
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 152 vs 60

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	152 vs 60

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

459

124

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

152

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400
PassMark - G3D Mark	459	124
PassMark - G2D Mark	60	152
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3304
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3304

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G92	NV41
Launch date	21 July 2008	9 August 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$160	$799
Place in performance rating	1077	1078
Price now	$103.99
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	8.86
Technical info
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	350 MHz
CUDA cores	112
Floating-point performance	336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	130 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	112
Texture fill rate	33.6 billion / sec	4.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	55 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI