NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 and NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS 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 1800

NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 22% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 96% higher texture fill rate: 17.6 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 768 MB vs 256 MB
Around 21% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 402 vs 254

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 March 2009 vs 1 May 2006
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	768 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	402 vs 254

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS

Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 49 Watt vs 59 Watt
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 68 vs 57

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt vs 59 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	68 vs 57

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

402

254

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800	NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	402	254
PassMark - G2D Mark	57	68
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2917
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2917

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800	NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G94	G71
Launch date	30 March 2009	1 May 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$489	$259
Place in performance rating	1429	1507
Price now	$186.29
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	4.05
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	176 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	64
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s	9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	59 Watt	49 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	198 mm	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s	42.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1320 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3