NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 370

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

NVIDIA Quadro FX 370

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
4.2x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 360 MHz
26.7x more texture fill rate: 76.8 billion / sec vs 2.88 GTexel / s
16x more pipelines: 2x 128 vs 16
33.3x better floating-point performance: 2x 384.0 gflops vs 23.04 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2x 512 MB vs 256 MB
7.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 613 vs 84
5.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3238 vs 628
5.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3238 vs 628

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 March 2008 vs 12 September 2007
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 360 MHz
Texture fill rate	76.8 billion / sec vs 2.88 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 128 vs 16
Floating-point performance	2x 384.0 gflops vs 23.04 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	613 vs 84
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3238 vs 628
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3238 vs 628

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 370

5.6x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 197 Watt
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 385 vs 262

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 197 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	385 vs 262

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 370

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

613

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

262

385

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3238

628

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3238

628

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2	NVIDIA Quadro FX 370
PassMark - G3D Mark	613	84
PassMark - G2D Mark	262	385
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3238	628
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3238	628

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2	NVIDIA Quadro FX 370
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G92	G84
Launch date	18 March 2008	12 September 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$599	$129
Place in performance rating	887	888
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Price now		$92.75
Value for money (0-100)		1.17
Technical info
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	360 MHz
CUDA cores	256 (128 per GPU)
Floating-point performance	2x 384.0 gflops	23.04 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	2x 128	16
Texture fill rate	76.8 billion / sec	2.88 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	197 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, HDMIDual Link DVI	2x DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)	198 mm
SLI options	Quad
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin & 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	128 (64 per GPU)	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI