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).

 

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
59
74
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 1612 1615
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