NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 SDI vs ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 SDI and ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition 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.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 SDI

ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 SDI

Around 3% higher texture fill rate: 10.32 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	10.32 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Around 45% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 430 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
Around 16% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 116 Watt
Around 38% higher memory clock speed: 1450 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 430 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 116 Watt
Memory clock speed	1450 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 SDI
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 SDI	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark		137
PassMark - G2D Mark		507

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 SDI	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	R500
Code name	G70	R580
Launch date	30 January 2006	24 January 2006
Place in performance rating	not rated	298
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	430 MHz	625 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	10.32 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	116 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	302 million	384 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
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	33.6 GB / s	46.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz	1450 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3