NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 6 month(s) later
3.4x more core clock speed: 1290 MHz vs 375 MHz
3.7x more boost clock speed: 1392 MHz vs 375 MHz
6.5x more texture fill rate: 58.2 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
32x more pipelines: 640 vs 20
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
7x more memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 1000 MHz
29.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5027 vs 171
Around 66% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 457 vs 275

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 October 2016 vs 18 April 2006
Core clock speed	1290 MHz vs 375 MHz
Boost clock speed	1392 MHz vs 375 MHz
Texture fill rate	58.2 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 20
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5027 vs 171
PassMark - G2D Mark	457 vs 275

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 75 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5027

171

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

457

275

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
PassMark - G3D Mark	5027	171
PassMark - G2D Mark	457	275
Geekbench - OpenCL	17476
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	67.209
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	799.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	30.523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	223.683
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7043
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7043
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	122

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Curie
Code name	GP107	G71
Launch date	25 October 2016	18 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$109
Place in performance rating	600	598
Price now	$124.99
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	56.95
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1392 MHz	375 MHz
Core clock speed	1290 MHz	375 MHz
CUDA cores	640
Floating-point performance	1,862 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C
Pipelines	640	20
Texture fill rate	58.2 GTexel / s	9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	3,300 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, DP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI	No outputs
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Height	4.38" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-II
Length	5.7" (14.5 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None
Width	2-slot
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	500 Bit
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GameStream
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
VR Ready