NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 SDI vs ATI Mobility Radeon X1400

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 SDI and ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 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 4500 SDI

ATI Mobility Radeon X1400

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 SDI

5.8x more texture fill rate: 10.32 GTexel / s vs 1.78 GTexel / s
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
2.1x more memory clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 500 MHz

Texture fill rate	10.32 GTexel / s vs 1.78 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz vs 500 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X1400

Around 3% higher core clock speed: 445 MHz vs 430 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm

Core clock speed	445 MHz vs 430 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 SDI
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X1400

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 SDI	ATI Mobility Radeon X1400
PassMark - G3D Mark		43
PassMark - G2D Mark		226
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		252
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		252

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 SDI	ATI Mobility Radeon X1400
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	R500
Code name	G70	M54
Launch date	30 January 2006	19 January 2006
Place in performance rating	not rated	1280
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	430 MHz	445 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	10.32 GTexel / s	1.78 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	116 Watt
Transistor count	302 million	107 million
Boost clock speed		445 MHz
Pipelines		4
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	33.6 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	250 Bit
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	128
Shared memory		0