NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M vs NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M and NVIDIA GeForce 7800 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.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 9 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 65 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 275 vs 273

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2006 vs 11 August 2005
Texture fill rate	9 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 65 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	275 vs 273

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

Around 7% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 375 MHz
Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 244 vs 171

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 375 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	244 vs 171

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

171

244

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

275

273

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	171	244
PassMark - G2D Mark	275	273

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	G71	G70
Launch date	18 April 2006	11 August 2005
Place in performance rating	595	596
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$449
Price now		$80
Value for money (0-100)		3.16
Technical info
Boost clock speed	375 MHz
Core clock speed	375 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	20
Texture fill rate	9 GTexel / s	8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	278 million	302 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Length		226 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.0 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	500 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	256	GDDR3
Shared memory	0