NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
  • 325x more core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 1 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
  • 8.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 170 vs 19
  • 4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 486 vs 112
  • 4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 486 vs 112
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 20 April 2006 vs 1 February 2006
Core clock speed 325 MHz vs 1 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm vs 110 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 170 vs 19
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 486 vs 112
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 486 vs 112

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150

  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 92 vs 74
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 92 vs 74

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
170
19
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
74
92
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
486
112
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
486
112
Name NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150
PassMark - G3D Mark 170 19
PassMark - G2D Mark 74 92
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 486 112
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 486 112

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150

Essentials

Architecture Curie
Code name G71 C51MV
Launch date 20 April 2006 1 February 2006
Launch price (MSRP) $699
Place in performance rating 1615 1616
Price now $109.99
Type Workstation Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 1.84

Technical info

Core clock speed 325 MHz 1 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm 110 nm
Texture fill rate 6.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt
Transistor count 278 million
Boost clock speed 425 MHz
Pipelines 2

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 173 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 9.0c shared Memory
OpenGL 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 40.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1250 MHz
Memory type GDDR3
Shared memory yes