NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 375 MHz
Around 78% higher texture fill rate: 8 GTexel / s vs 4.5 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 130 nm
10.1x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 142 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 122 vs 101

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 June 2009 vs 1 April 2004
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 375 MHz
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s vs 4.5 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 142 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	122 vs 101

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000

Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 78 vs 74

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	78 vs 74

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

122

101

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000
PassMark - G3D Mark	122	101
PassMark - G2D Mark	74	78
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2058
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2058

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G96C	NV40 A1
Launch date	15 June 2009	1 April 2004
Place in performance rating	1494	1496
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,199
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	375 MHz
Floating-point performance	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	32
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s	4.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt	142 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-II	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		2x Molex
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2, GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0