NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 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 4500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 430 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 110 nm
7.8x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 109 Watt
Around 52% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1050 MHz
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2058 vs 855
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2058 vs 855

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 June 2009 vs 28 July 2005
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 430 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 110 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 109 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2058 vs 855
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2058 vs 855

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

Around 29% higher texture fill rate: 10.32 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
Around 86% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 227 vs 122
Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 120 vs 74

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	10.32 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	227 vs 122
PassMark - G2D Mark	120 vs 74

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

122

227

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

120

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2058

855

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2058

855

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500
PassMark - G3D Mark	122	227
PassMark - G2D Mark	74	120
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2058	855
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2058	855

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G96C	G70
Launch date	15 June 2009	28 July 2005
Place in performance rating	1494	1495
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,499
Price now		$249
Value for money (0-100)		1.08
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	430 MHz
Floating-point performance	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	32
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s	10.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt	109 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	302 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	33.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1050 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2, GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0