NVIDIA Quadro CX vs ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro CX and ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition 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.

NVIDIA Quadro CX

ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro CX

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
3.9x more texture fill rate: 38.5 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 512 MB
Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1450 MHz
6.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 947 vs 137

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 November 2008 vs 24 January 2006
Texture fill rate	38.5 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1450 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	947 vs 137

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 602 MHz
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 507 vs 454

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 602 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	507 vs 454

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro CX
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

947

137

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

454

507

Name	NVIDIA Quadro CX	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	947	137
PassMark - G2D Mark	454	507

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro CX	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	R500
Code name	GT200B	R580
Launch date	11 November 2008	24 January 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,999
Place in performance rating	315	293
Price now	$149.95
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	8.20
Technical info
Core clock speed	602 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	192
Texture fill rate	38.5 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	384 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB / s	46.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1450 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3