NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 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, Geekbench - OpenCL.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
  • 3x more core clock speed: 1836 MHz vs 602 MHz
  • Around 23% higher texture fill rate: 47.2 billion / sec vs 38.5 GTexel / s
  • Around 2% better floating-point performance: 470.0 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
  • Around 6% lower typical power consumption: 141 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 83 vs 64
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 16 January 2009 vs 11 November 2008
Core clock speed 1836 MHz vs 602 MHz
Texture fill rate 47.2 billion / sec vs 38.5 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 470.0 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 141 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 83 vs 64

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 192 vs 128
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 512 MB
  • Around 45% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1100 MHz
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3309
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3309
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 986 vs 494
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 192 vs 128
Maximum memory size 1536 MB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3309
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3309
PassMark - G3D Mark 986 vs 494

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3309
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3309
3358
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
83
64
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
494
986
Name NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800
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 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3309 3358
PassMark - G2D Mark 83 64
PassMark - G3D Mark 494 986
Geekbench - OpenCL 15302

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Tesla 2.0
Code name G92B GT200B
Launch date 16 January 2009 11 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $229 $1,799
Place in performance rating 1310 1311
Type Desktop Workstation
Price now $149.99
Value for money (0-100) 8.67

Technical info

Core clock speed 1836 MHz 602 MHz
CUDA cores 128
Floating-point performance 470.0 gflops 462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Pipelines 128 192
Texture fill rate 47.2 billion / sec 38.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 141 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 754 million 1,400 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 10.5" (26.7 cm) 267 mm
SLI options 2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.0
OpenGL 2.1 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1536 MB
Memory bandwidth 70.4 GB / s 76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 1100 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
SLI