NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 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 9800M GS

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 23% higher core clock speed: 530 MHz vs 430 MHz
Around 55% higher texture fill rate: 16 billion / sec vs 10.32 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 110 nm
Around 82% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 109 Watt
Around 52% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1050 MHz
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 534 vs 227
2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2414 vs 855
2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2414 vs 855

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 November 2008 vs 28 July 2005
Core clock speed	530 MHz vs 430 MHz
Texture fill rate	16 billion / sec vs 10.32 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 110 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 109 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	534 vs 227
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2414 vs 855
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2414 vs 855

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 120 vs 50

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	120 vs 50

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

534

227

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

120

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2414

855

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2414

855

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500
PassMark - G3D Mark	534	227
PassMark - G2D Mark	50	120
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2414	855
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2414	855

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G94	G70
Launch date	1 November 2008	28 July 2005
Place in performance rating	1479	1482
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,499
Price now		$249
Value for money (0-100)		1.08
Technical info
Core clock speed	530 MHz	430 MHz
CUDA cores	64
Floating-point performance	169.6 gflops
Gigaflops	254
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	64
Texture fill rate	16 billion / sec	10.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	109 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	302 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	33.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1050 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
Power management	8.0