NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M vs ATI FireGL V3100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M and ATI FireGL V3100 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 1500M

ATI FireGL V3100

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
5.8x more texture fill rate: 9 GTexel / s vs 1.564 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
2.6x more memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 392 MHz
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 171 vs 53

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2006 vs 1 September 2004
Texture fill rate	9 GTexel / s vs 1.564 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 392 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	171 vs 53

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V3100

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 391 MHz vs 375 MHz

Core clock speed	391 MHz vs 375 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V3100

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

171

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

275

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M	ATI FireGL V3100
PassMark - G3D Mark	171	53
PassMark - G2D Mark	275	275

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M	ATI FireGL V3100
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rage 9
Code name	G71	RV370
Launch date	18 April 2006	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	632	635
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	375 MHz
Core clock speed	375 MHz	391 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	20
Texture fill rate	9 GTexel / s	1.564 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt
Transistor count	278 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.0 GB / s	3.136 GB / s
Memory bus width	500 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	392 MHz
Memory type	256	DDR
Shared memory	0