NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X1450

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 and ATI Mobility Radeon X1450 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 370

ATI Mobility Radeon X1450

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 370

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 31% higher texture fill rate: 2.88 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 16 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 900 MHz
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 84 vs 33
Around 88% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 385 vs 205

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 September 2007 vs 18 September 2006
Texture fill rate	2.88 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	16 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	84 vs 33
PassMark - G2D Mark	385 vs 205

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X1450

Around 53% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 360 MHz

Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 360 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 370
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X1450

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

385

205

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 370	ATI Mobility Radeon X1450
PassMark - G3D Mark	84	33
PassMark - G2D Mark	385	205
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	628
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	628

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 370	ATI Mobility Radeon X1450
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	R500
Code name	G84	M64
Launch date	12 September 2007	18 September 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$129
Place in performance rating	864	856
Price now	$92.75
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	1.17
Technical info
Core clock speed	360 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	23.04 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	16	4
Texture fill rate	2.88 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt
Transistor count	289 million	107 million
Boost clock speed		550 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	450 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	128
Shared memory		0