NVIDIA Quadro DCC vs NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro DCC and NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro 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 DCC

NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro DCC

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 150 nm vs 180 nm

Launch date	14 May 2001 vs 22 March 2001
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm vs 180 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro

2.2x more memory clock speed: 500 MHz vs 230 MHz

Memory clock speed	500 MHz vs 230 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro DCC
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro

Name	NVIDIA Quadro DCC	NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro
PassMark - G3D Mark		1
PassMark - G2D Mark		143

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro DCC	NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro
Essentials
Architecture	Kelvin	Celsius
Code name	NV20 A5	NV15 A4
Launch date	14 May 2001	22 March 2001
Place in performance rating	not rated	1148
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	200 MHz	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	180 nm
Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s	800 MTexel / s
Transistor count	57 million	25 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	8.0	7.0
OpenGL	1.3	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	3.68 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	230 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	SDR	DDR