NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7500 LE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 and NVIDIA GeForce 7500 LE 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

NVIDIA GeForce 7500 LE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
Around 73% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 810 MHz
Around 91% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 157 vs 82
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 70 vs 58

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 March 2009 vs 22 March 2006
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 810 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	157 vs 82
PassMark - G2D Mark	70 vs 58

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7500 LE

Around 6% higher core clock speed: 475 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 6% higher texture fill rate: 3.8 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s

Core clock speed	475 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	3.8 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 380
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7500 LE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

157

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 380	NVIDIA GeForce 7500 LE
PassMark - G3D Mark	157	82
PassMark - G2D Mark	70	58
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1230
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1230

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 380	NVIDIA GeForce 7500 LE
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G96	G72
Launch date	30 March 2009	22 March 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$129
Place in performance rating	1567	1569
Price now	$72.50
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	2.68
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	475 MHz
Floating-point performance	35.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	3.6 GTexel / s	3.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	34 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	112 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	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	6.48 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	810 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2