NVIDIA GeForce G102M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce G102M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce G102M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G102M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
3.1x more core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 325 MHz
4.6x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 890 vs 486
Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 890 vs 486

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 January 2009 vs 20 April 2006
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 325 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	890 vs 486
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	890 vs 486

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

3.1x more memory clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 74 vs 59
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 170 vs 168

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	74 vs 59
PassMark - G3D Mark	170 vs 168

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce G102M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

168

170

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

890

486

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

890

486

Name	NVIDIA GeForce G102M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500
PassMark - G2D Mark	59	74
PassMark - G3D Mark	168	170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	890	486
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	890	486

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce G102M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	MCP79MX	G71
Launch date	8 January 2009	20 April 2006
Place in performance rating	1606	1609
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$699
Price now		$109.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.84
Technical info
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	325 MHz
CUDA cores	16
Gigaflops	48
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	278 million
Texture fill rate		6.5 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	VGAHDMIDisplayPortSingle Link DVILVDS	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 1.0
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		173 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	40.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Technologies
CUDA
Power management	8.0