NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 96% higher core clock speed: 736 MHz vs 375 MHz
3.9x more texture fill rate: 35.3 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
14.4x more pipelines: 288 vs 20
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
3.8x more memory clock speed: 3828 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 447 vs 275
9.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1572 vs 171

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 May 2011 vs 18 April 2006
Core clock speed	736 MHz vs 375 MHz
Texture fill rate	35.3 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
Pipelines	288 vs 20
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	3828 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	447 vs 275
PassMark - G3D Mark	1572 vs 171

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

3.3x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 150 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

447

275

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1572

171

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
PassMark - G2D Mark	447	275
PassMark - G3D Mark	1572	171
Geekbench - OpenCL	27378
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2879
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2879
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3372
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3372
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3322
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3322

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Curie
Code name	GF114	G71
Launch date	14 May 2011	18 April 2006
Place in performance rating	600	603
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	736 MHz	375 MHz
Floating-point performance	847.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	288	20
Texture fill rate	35.3 GTexel / s	9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	278 million
Boost clock speed		375 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Length	210 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	91.9 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	500 Bit
Memory clock speed	3828 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256
Shared memory		0