NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
  • Around 47% higher texture fill rate: 2.8 GTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
  • Around 35% lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 74 Watt
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 276 vs 274
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 9 August 2004 vs 23 October 2003
Texture fill rate 2.8 GTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 Watt vs 74 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 276 vs 274

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

  • Around 36% higher core clock speed: 475 MHz vs 350 MHz
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
  • Around 73% higher memory clock speed: 950 MHz vs 550 MHz
  • Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 59 vs 34
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 475 MHz vs 350 MHz
Maximum memory size 256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed 950 MHz vs 550 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 59 vs 34

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
34
59
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
276
274
Name NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300 NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark 34 59
PassMark - G2D Mark 276 274

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300 NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

Essentials

Architecture Rankine Rankine
Code name NV38 A1 NV38 A1
Launch date 9 August 2004 23 October 2003
Launch price (MSRP) $599 $499
Place in performance rating 608 609
Type Workstation Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 350 MHz 475 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 130 nm 130 nm
Texture fill rate 2.8 GTexel / s 1.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 Watt 74 Watt
Transistor count 135 million 135 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 AGP 8x
Length 241 mm 229 mm
Supplementary power connectors None 1x Molex

API support

DirectX 9.0a 9.0a
OpenGL 2.1 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 8.8 GB / s 30.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 550 MHz 950 MHz
Memory type DDR DDR