NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000 vs ATI Radeon 7000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000 and ATI Radeon 7000 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000

ATI Radeon 7000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 183 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 180 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 32 MB
2.2x more memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 366 MHz
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 146 vs 144
2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 18 vs 9

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 January 2003 vs 19 February 2001
Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 183 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 366 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	146 vs 144
PassMark - G3D Mark	18 vs 9

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 7000

171.6x more texture fill rate: 549 MTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	549 MTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 7000

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

146

144

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000	ATI Radeon 7000
PassMark - G2D Mark	146	144
PassMark - G3D Mark	18	9

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000	ATI Radeon 7000
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Rage 6
Code name	NV30	RV100
Launch date	21 January 2003	19 February 2001
Place in performance rating	1164	1166
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	183 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	180 nm
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s	549 MTexel / s
Transistor count	125 million	30 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		23 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	None
API support
DirectX	9.0a	7.0
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	2.928 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	366 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR