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.

 

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

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