NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 PCI vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 PCI and NVIDIA Quadro FX 700 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 700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 PCI

2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB

Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 700

Around 2% higher core clock speed: 275 MHz vs 270 MHz
Around 2% higher texture fill rate: 1.1 GTexel / s vs 1.08 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 140 nm
Around 38% higher memory clock speed: 550 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	275 MHz vs 270 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.1 GTexel / s vs 1.08 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 140 nm
Memory clock speed	550 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 PCI	NVIDIA Quadro FX 700
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Rankine
Code name	NV34 B1	NV35
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	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	140 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1.08 GTexel / s	1.1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	45 million	135 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	AGP 8x
Length	165 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
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	8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR