NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 vs ATI Radeon 9800 PRO

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 and ATI Radeon 9800 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 FX 1100

ATI Radeon 9800 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 12% higher core clock speed: 425 MHz vs 380 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 178 vs 175

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 April 2004 vs 1 October 2003
Core clock speed	425 MHz vs 380 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	178 vs 175

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9800 PRO

Around 79% higher texture fill rate: 3.04 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
Around 5% higher memory clock speed: 680 MHz vs 650 MHz
Around 83% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 66 vs 36

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	3.04 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	680 MHz vs 650 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	66 vs 36

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9800 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

178

175

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100	ATI Radeon 9800 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	36	66
PassMark - G2D Mark	178	175

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100	ATI Radeon 9800 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Rage 9
Code name	NV36 A1	R360
Launch date	1 April 2004	1 October 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$169.75	$399
Place in performance rating	976	978
Price now	$101.25
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	0.44
Technical info
Core clock speed	425 MHz	380 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.7 GTexel / s	3.04 GTexel / s
Transistor count	82 million	117 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		47 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0a	9.0
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	10.4 GB / s	21.76 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	650 MHz	680 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR