NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 41% higher core clock speed: 606 MHz vs 430 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
  • 4.4x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 109 Watt
  • Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1580 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Launch date 7 January 2010 vs 28 July 2005
Core clock speed 606 MHz vs 430 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 110 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 109 Watt
Memory clock speed 1580 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

  • 2.1x more texture fill rate: 10.32 GTexel / s vs 4.85 GTexel / s
  • Around 88% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 227 vs 121
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 120 vs 106
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 10.32 GTexel / s vs 4.85 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 227 vs 121
PassMark - G2D Mark 120 vs 106

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
121
227
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
106
120
Name NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500
PassMark - G3D Mark 121 227
PassMark - G2D Mark 106 120
Geekbench - OpenCL 2851
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 855
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 855

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

Essentials

Architecture Tesla 2.0 Curie
Code name GT218 G70
Launch date 7 January 2010 28 July 2005
Place in performance rating 1478 1481
Type Mobile workstation Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $2,499
Price now $249
Value for money (0-100) 1.08

Technical info

Core clock speed 606 MHz 430 MHz
Floating-point performance 46.98 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 110 nm
Pipelines 16
Texture fill rate 4.85 GTexel / s 10.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 109 Watt
Transistor count 260 million 302 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 10.1 9.0c
OpenGL 3.3 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 12.64 GB / s 33.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1580 MHz 1050 MHz
Memory type GDDR3, DDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA