NVIDIA Quadro FX 500 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 500 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900
- Around 48% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 270 MHz
- 3x more texture fill rate: 3.2 GTexel / s vs 1.08 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
- Around 46% higher memory clock speed: 700 MHz vs 480 MHz
Core clock speed | 400 MHz vs 270 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 3.2 GTexel / s vs 1.08 GTexel / s |
Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm vs 150 nm |
Memory clock speed | 700 MHz vs 480 MHz |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900
Name | NVIDIA Quadro FX 500 | NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 35 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 188 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA Quadro FX 500 | NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Rankine | Rankine |
Code name | NV34 A1 | NV35 |
Launch date | 21 May 2003 | 12 May 2003 |
Place in performance rating | not rated | 934 |
Type | Workstation | Desktop |
Launch price (MSRP) | $399 | |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 270 MHz | 400 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | 130 nm |
Texture fill rate | 1.08 GTexel / s | 3.2 GTexel / s |
Transistor count | 45 million | 135 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | AGP 8x | AGP 8x |
Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x Molex |
Length | 218 mm | |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0a | 9.0a |
OpenGL | 1.5 (2.1) | 1.5 (2.1) |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 128 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 7.68 GB / s | 22.4 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 480 MHz | 700 MHz |
Memory type | DDR | DDR |