NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP vs ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP and ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition 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 370 LP

ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 481 vs 466

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 November 2008 vs 10 September 2006
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	481 vs 466

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

Around 20% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 540 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 10.4 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 151 vs 108

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 540 MHz
Texture fill rate	10.4 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	151 vs 108

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

108

151

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

481

466

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP	ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	108	151
PassMark - G2D Mark	481	466

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP	ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	R500
Code name	G98	R580+
Launch date	6 November 2008	10 September 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$129
Place in performance rating	316	328
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	540 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	17.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	8
Texture fill rate	4.32 GTexel / s	10.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	384 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DMS-59	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR4