NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450 and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra 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.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 6% higher core clock speed: 425 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 149 vs 139
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 235 vs 153

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 July 2005 vs 26 July 2004
Core clock speed	425 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	149 vs 139
PassMark - G2D Mark	235 vs 153

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 6.4 GTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s
Around 2% lower typical power consumption: 81 Watt vs 83 Watt
Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	81 Watt vs 83 Watt
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

149

139

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

235

153

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	149	139
PassMark - G2D Mark	235	153

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	NV41	NV40 A1
Launch date	28 July 2005	26 July 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$135.75	$499
Place in performance rating	762	1106
Price now	$138.75
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	1.38
Technical info
Core clock speed	425 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	5.1 GTexel / s	6.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	83 Watt	81 Watt
Transistor count	222 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
Length		197 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.0 GB / s	35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3