NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 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), Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 69% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 325 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 65 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 28% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1250 MHz
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1023 vs 486
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1023 vs 486

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 December 2009 vs 20 April 2006
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt vs 65 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1023 vs 486
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1023 vs 486

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

Around 48% higher texture fill rate: 6.5 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 170 vs 145
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 74 vs 71

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	6.5 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	170 vs 145
PassMark - G2D Mark	74 vs 71

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

145

170

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1023

486

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1023

486

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500
PassMark - G3D Mark	145	170
PassMark - G2D Mark	71	74
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1023	486
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1023	486
Geekbench - OpenCL	2855

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Curie
Code name	GT218	G71
Launch date	1 December 2009	20 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$169	$699
Place in performance rating	1616	1622
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Price now		$109.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.84
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	325 MHz
Floating-point performance	44 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	4.4 GTexel / s	6.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm	173 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	40.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3