NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5650 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5650 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5650

NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5650

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 211 vs 146

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 March 2003 vs 21 January 2003
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	211 vs 146

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000

Around 23% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 325 MHz
2.5x more texture fill rate: 3.2 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Around 36% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 590 MHz
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 18 vs 17

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 590 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	18 vs 17

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5650
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

211

146

Name	NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5650	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000
PassMark - G3D Mark	17	18
PassMark - G2D Mark	211	146

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5650	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Rankine
Code name	NV31 A1	NV30
Launch date	1 March 2003	21 January 2003
Place in performance rating	872	1164
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	325 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1.3 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	80 million	125 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0a	9.0a
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	9.44 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	590 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR2