NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 SDI vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 SDI and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 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 4000 SDI

NVIDIA GeForce 6800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 SDI

Around 31% higher core clock speed: 425 MHz vs 325 MHz
Around 43% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 700 MHz

Core clock speed	425 MHz vs 325 MHz
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 700 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800

Around 2% higher texture fill rate: 5.2 GTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 SDI
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 SDI	NVIDIA GeForce 6800
PassMark - G3D Mark		113
PassMark - G2D Mark		258
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		484
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		484

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 SDI	NVIDIA GeForce 6800
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	NV41	NV40 A1
Launch date	19 April 2004	14 April 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$4,999	$39.99
Place in performance rating	not rated	1194
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Price now		$39.99
Value for money (0-100)		3.61
Technical info
Core clock speed	425 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	5.1 GTexel / s	5.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt
Transistor count	222 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.0 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR