NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 vs NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 and NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL 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

NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 42% higher core clock speed: 425 MHz vs 300 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
7.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 36 vs 5

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 April 2004 vs 12 November 2002
Core clock speed	425 MHz vs 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	36 vs 5

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL

Around 41% higher texture fill rate: 2.4 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 181 vs 178

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	181 vs 178

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

178

181

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100	NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL
PassMark - G3D Mark	36	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	178	181

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100	NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Kelvin
Code name	NV36 A1	NV28 A2
Launch date	1 April 2004	12 November 2002
Launch price (MSRP)	$169.75
Place in performance rating	969	972
Price now	$101.25
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	0.44
Technical info
Core clock speed	425 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.7 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	82 million	36 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	None
API support
DirectX	9.0a	8.1
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	10.4 GB / s	10.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	650 MHz	650 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR