NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 and NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 63% higher texture fill rate: 6.5 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 170 vs 143
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 74 vs 53

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 April 2006 vs 12 August 2004
Texture fill rate	6.5 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	170 vs 143
PassMark - G2D Mark	74 vs 53

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Around 54% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 325 MHz

Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 325 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

170

143

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	170	143
PassMark - G2D Mark	74	53
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	486
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	486

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	G71	NV43 A2
Launch date	20 April 2006	12 August 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$699	$64.95
Place in performance rating	1622	1588
Price now	$109.99	$64.95
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	1.84	2.05
Technical info
Core clock speed	325 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	6.5 GTexel / s	4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt
Transistor count	278 million	146 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	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	173 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	40.0 GB / s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3