NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 vs ATI FireGL V7300

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 and ATI FireGL V7300 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 V7300

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
3.2x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 97 Watt
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 325 vs 322

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 April 2006 vs 1 October 2005
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 97 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	325 vs 322

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V7300

Around 65% higher core clock speed: 594 MHz vs 360 MHz
3.3x more texture fill rate: 9.5 GTexel / s vs 2.88 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
Around 62% higher memory clock speed: 1296 MHz vs 800 MHz
2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 128 vs 64

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	594 MHz vs 360 MHz
Texture fill rate	9.5 GTexel / s vs 2.88 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1296 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	128 vs 64

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V7300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

128

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

325

322

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 550	ATI FireGL V7300
PassMark - G3D Mark	64	128
PassMark - G2D Mark	325	322

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 550	ATI FireGL V7300
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	R500
Code name	NV43 A2	R520
Launch date	20 April 2006	1 October 2005
Place in performance rating	502	503
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,599
Technical info
Core clock speed	360 MHz	594 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	2.88 GTexel / s	9.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	97 Watt
Transistor count	146 million	321 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	198 mm	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	41.5 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1296 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3