NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 and NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP 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

NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 370

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 93% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 385 vs 199

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 September 2007 vs 2 February 2006
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	385 vs 199

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 375 MHz vs 360 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 6 GTexel / s vs 2.88 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1000 MHz
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 177 vs 84

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	375 MHz vs 360 MHz
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s vs 2.88 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	177 vs 84

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 370
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

177

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

385

199

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 370	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	84	177
PassMark - G2D Mark	385	199
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	628
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	628

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 370	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G84	G71
Launch date	12 September 2007	2 February 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$129
Place in performance rating	866	868
Price now	$92.75
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	1.17
Technical info
Core clock speed	360 MHz	375 MHz
Floating-point performance	23.04 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	2.88 GTexel / s	6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	289 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3