NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 1800

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
  • Around 78% lower typical power consumption: 59 Watt vs 105 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 768 MB vs 384 MB
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 402 vs 328
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2917 vs 2160
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2917 vs 2160
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 March 2009 vs 28 April 2008
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 59 Watt vs 105 Watt
Maximum memory size 768 MB vs 384 MB
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 402 vs 328
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2917 vs 2160
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2917 vs 2160

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

  • 2.5x more core clock speed: 1375 MHz vs 550 MHz
  • Around 50% higher texture fill rate: 26.4 billion / sec vs 17.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 96 vs 64
  • Around 50% better floating-point performance: 264 gflops vs 176 gflops
  • Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 97 vs 63
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1375 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate 26.4 billion / sec vs 17.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 96 vs 64
Floating-point performance 264 gflops vs 176 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 97 vs 63

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
402
328
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
63
97
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2917
2160
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2917
2160
Name NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO
PassMark - G3D Mark 402 328
PassMark - G2D Mark 63 97
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2917 2160
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2917 2160

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Tesla
Code name G94 G92
Launch date 30 March 2009 28 April 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $489 $49.99
Place in performance rating 1406 1409
Price now $186.29 $49.99
Type Workstation Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 4.05 13.43

Technical info

Core clock speed 550 MHz 1375 MHz
Floating-point performance 176 gflops 264 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 64 96
Texture fill rate 17.6 GTexel / s 26.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 59 Watt 105 Watt
Transistor count 505 million 754 million
CUDA cores 96
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV
Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 198 mm 9" (22.9 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None 6-pin
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.0
OpenGL 3.3 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 768 MB 384 MB
Memory bandwidth 38.4 GB / s 38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 800 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3

Technologies

CUDA