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.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

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

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	607	608
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