NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 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

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
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
Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 109 Watt vs 142 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 5% higher memory clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 1000 MHz
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 227 vs 101
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 120 vs 78

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 July 2005 vs 1 April 2004
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
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	109 Watt vs 142 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	227 vs 101
PassMark - G2D Mark	120 vs 78

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

227

101

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

120

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000
PassMark - G3D Mark	227	101
PassMark - G2D Mark	120	78
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	855
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	855

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	G70	NV40 A1
Launch date	28 July 2005	1 April 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,499	$2,199
Place in performance rating	1481	1482
Price now	$249
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	1.08
Technical info
Core clock speed	430 MHz	375 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	10.32 GTexel / s	4.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	109 Watt	142 Watt
Transistor count	302 million	222 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	AGP 8x
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	33.6 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3