NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 vs NVIDIA GeForce2 Go

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 and NVIDIA GeForce2 Go 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 GeForce2 Go

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 4 month(s) later
3.8x more core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 143 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 180 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 768 MB vs 64 MB
4.8x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 332 MHz
101x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 404 vs 4

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 March 2009 vs 11 November 2000
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 143 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	768 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 332 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	404 vs 4

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce2 Go

32.5x more texture fill rate: 572 MTexel / s vs 17.6 GTexel / s
29.5x lower typical power consumption: 2 Watt vs 59 Watt
Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 95 vs 65

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	572 MTexel / s vs 17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	2 Watt vs 59 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	95 vs 65

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce2 Go

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

404

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800	NVIDIA GeForce2 Go
PassMark - G3D Mark	404	4
PassMark - G2D Mark	65	95
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2917
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2917

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800	NVIDIA GeForce2 Go
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Celsius
Code name	G94	NV11 B2
Launch date	30 March 2009	11 November 2000
Launch price (MSRP)	$489
Place in performance rating	1401	1404
Price now	$186.29
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	4.05
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	143 MHz
Floating-point performance	176 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	180 nm
Pipelines	64
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s	572 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	59 Watt	2 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	20 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	7.0
OpenGL	3.3	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s	5.31 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	332 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR