NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 vs ATI Radeon X1650

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 and ATI Radeon X1650 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 380

ATI Radeon X1650

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 80% higher texture fill rate: 3.6 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 800 MHz

Launch date	30 March 2009 vs 1 February 2007
Texture fill rate	3.6 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1650

Around 11% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1615 vs 1230
Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1615 vs 1230

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 450 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1615 vs 1230
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1615 vs 1230

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 380
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1650

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1230

1615

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1230

1615

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 380	ATI Radeon X1650
PassMark - G3D Mark	157
PassMark - G2D Mark	70
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1230	1615
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1230	1615

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 380	ATI Radeon X1650
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	R500
Code name	G96	RV530
Launch date	30 March 2009	1 February 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$129
Place in performance rating	1567	1568
Price now	$72.50
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	2.68
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	35.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	3.6 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	34 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	157 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2