NVIDIA GeForce GT 330 OEM vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 330 OEM and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 330 OEM

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 330 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 50% higher pipelines: 96 vs 64
Around 46% better floating-point performance: 257.28 gflops vs 176 gflops
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 82 vs 62

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 February 2010 vs 30 March 2009
Pipelines	96 vs 64
Floating-point performance	257.28 gflops vs 176 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	82 vs 62

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

Around 10% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 27% lower typical power consumption: 59 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 768 MB vs 512 MB
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 398 vs 395
Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2917 vs 2505
Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2917 vs 2505

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 500 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	59 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size	768 MB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	398 vs 395
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2917 vs 2505
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2917 vs 2505

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

395

398

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2505

2917

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2505

2917

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 330 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
PassMark - G2D Mark	82	62
PassMark - G3D Mark	395	398
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2505	2917
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2505	2917

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 330 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G92	G94
Launch date	2 February 2010	30 March 2009
Place in performance rating	1406	1407
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$489
Price now		$186.29
Value for money (0-100)		4.05
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	257.28 gflops	176 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	96	64
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s	17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	59 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	505 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	175 mm	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	768 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.0 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3