NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT 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 2500M

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 235 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 400 MHz
24.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 218 vs 9
Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 272 vs 166

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 September 2005 vs 17 March 2003
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 235 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	218 vs 9
PassMark - G2D Mark	272 vs 166

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT

78.3x more texture fill rate: 940 MTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	940 MTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

218

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

272

166

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	218	9
PassMark - G2D Mark	272	166
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1247
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1247

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rankine
Code name	G71	NV31 A1
Launch date	29 September 2005	17 March 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$99.99
Place in performance rating	1068	1070
Price now	$99.99
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	2.77
Technical info
Boost clock speed	500 MHz
Core clock speed	500 MHz	235 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	24
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s	940 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt
Transistor count	278 million	80 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-III	AGP 8x
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0a
OpenGL	2.1	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	600 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	256	DDR
Shared memory	0