NVIDIA Quadro FX 4400 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 4400 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. 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 4400

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4400

Around 31% lower typical power consumption: 83 Watt vs 109 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	83 Watt vs 109 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

Around 15% higher core clock speed: 430 MHz vs 375 MHz
2.3x more texture fill rate: 10.32 GTexel / s vs 4.5 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB

Core clock speed	430 MHz vs 375 MHz
Texture fill rate	10.32 GTexel / s vs 4.5 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4400
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4400	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500
PassMark - G3D Mark		227
PassMark - G2D Mark		120
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		855
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		855

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4400	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	NV45	G70
Launch date	28 July 2005	28 July 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,399	$2,499
Place in performance rating	not rated	1481
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Price now		$249
Value for money (0-100)		1.08
Technical info
Core clock speed	375 MHz	430 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	4.5 GTexel / s	10.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	83 Watt	109 Watt
Transistor count	222 million	302 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	33.6 GB / s	33.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz	1050 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3