NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400 and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 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 1400

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400

Around 47% lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 81 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt vs 81 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

Around 14% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 350 MHz
Around 52% higher texture fill rate: 6.4 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 83% higher memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 139 vs 124
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 153 vs 152

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	139 vs 124
PassMark - G2D Mark	153 vs 152

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

124

139

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

152

153

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	124	139
PassMark - G2D Mark	152	153

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	NV41	NV40 A1
Launch date	9 August 2004	26 July 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$799	$499
Place in performance rating	1070	1071
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	350 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	4.2 GTexel / s	6.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt	81 Watt
Transistor count	222 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		197 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	9.6 GB / s	35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	600 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	DDR	GDDR3