NVIDIA Quadro FX 4400 vs Matrox G550 PCIe

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 4400 and Matrox G550 PCIe videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4400

Matrox G550 PCIe

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4400

3x more core clock speed: 375 MHz vs 125 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 180 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 32 MB
3.2x more memory clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 332 MHz

Core clock speed	375 MHz vs 125 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz vs 332 MHz

Reasons to consider the Matrox G550 PCIe

55.6x more texture fill rate: 250.0 MTexel / s vs 4.5 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	250.0 MTexel / s vs 4.5 GTexel / s

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4400	Matrox G550 PCIe
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	G500
Code name	NV45	Condor
Launch date	28 July 2005	13 July 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,399
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	375 MHz	125 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	180 nm
Texture fill rate	4.5 GTexel / s	250.0 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	83 Watt
Transistor count	222 million	10 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x1
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Length		112 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	8.0
OpenGL	2.1	1.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	33.6 GB / s	2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz	332 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR