NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 PCI vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 600 PCI

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 PCI and NVIDIA Quadro FX 600 PCI videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 PCI

NVIDIA Quadro FX 600 PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 PCI

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 140 nm vs 150 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB

Manufacturing process technology	140 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 600 PCI

Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 480 MHz vs 400 MHz

Memory clock speed	480 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 PCI	NVIDIA Quadro FX 600 PCI
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Rankine
Code name	NV34 B1	NV34 A1
Launch date	17 March 2004	17 March 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	270 MHz	270 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	140 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.08 GTexel / s	1.08 GTexel / s
Transistor count	45 million	45 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	PCI
Length	165 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	9.0a	9.0a
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	7.68 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	480 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR