NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2.9x more core clock speed: 1836 MHz vs 625 MHz
4.7x more texture fill rate: 47.2 billion / sec vs 10 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 128 vs 32
5.9x better floating-point performance: 470.0 gflops vs 80 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
3.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 507 vs 131

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 January 2009 vs 1 June 2007
Core clock speed	1836 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	47.2 billion / sec vs 10 GTexel / s
Pipelines	128 vs 32
Floating-point performance	470.0 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	507 vs 131

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

2.8x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 141 Watt
Around 45% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 109 vs 88

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 141 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	109 vs 88

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

109

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

507

131

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	54.055
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.986
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	15.56
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	108.412
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3309
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3309
PassMark - G2D Mark	88	109
PassMark - G3D Mark	507	131

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G92B	G84
Launch date	16 January 2009	1 June 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	$149.90
Place in performance rating	1307	1309
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Price now		$149.90
Value for money (0-100)		1.87
Technical info
Core clock speed	1836 MHz	625 MHz
CUDA cores	128
Floating-point performance	470.0 gflops	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	80 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	128	32
Texture fill rate	47.2 billion / sec	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	141 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, HDTVDual Link DVI	No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-HE
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)
SLI options	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-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	70.4 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI