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.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 500

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900

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
PassMark - G3D Mark		35
PassMark - G2D Mark		188

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 500	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Rankine
Code name	NV34 A1	NV35
Launch date	21 May 2003	12 May 2003
Place in performance rating	not rated	961
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Technical info
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
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
Length		218 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0a	9.0a
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
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