NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 vs ATI FireGL V3300

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 and ATI FireGL V3300 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 550

ATI FireGL V3300

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 20% higher texture fill rate: 2.88 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s

Launch date	20 April 2006 vs 1 October 2005
Texture fill rate	2.88 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V3300

Around 67% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 360 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 71 vs 64

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 360 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	71 vs 64
PassMark - G2D Mark	326 vs 325

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V3300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

325

326

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 550	ATI FireGL V3300
PassMark - G3D Mark	64	71
PassMark - G2D Mark	325	326

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 550	ATI FireGL V3300
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	R500
Code name	NV43 A2	RV515
Launch date	20 April 2006	1 October 2005
Place in performance rating	501	502
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	360 MHz	600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	2.88 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt
Transistor count	146 million	107 million
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	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2