NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8300

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 and NVIDIA GeForce 8300 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 8300

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 10% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
3.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 402 vs 102
8.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2917 vs 329
8.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2917 vs 329

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 March 2009 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	402 vs 102
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2917 vs 329
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2917 vs 329

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8300

Around 48% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 59 Watt
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 168 vs 60

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 59 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	168 vs 60

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

402

102

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

168

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2917

329

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2917

329

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800	NVIDIA GeForce 8300
PassMark - G3D Mark	402	102
PassMark - G2D Mark	60	168
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2917	329
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2917	329

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800	NVIDIA GeForce 8300
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G94	C78
Launch date	30 March 2009	17 April 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$489
Place in performance rating	1422	1425
Price now	$186.29	$22.68
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	4.05	5.26
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	176 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	64
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	59 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCI
Length	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3