NVIDIA Quadro FX 550M vs NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 550M and NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 550M

  • Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 40 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 40 Watt
Maximum memory size 512 MB vs 256 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

  • Around 17% higher core clock speed: 560 MHz vs 480 MHz
  • Around 17% higher texture fill rate: 6.72 GTexel / s vs 5.76 GTexel / s
  • Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 560 MHz vs 480 MHz
Texture fill rate 6.72 GTexel / s vs 5.76 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed 1400 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 550M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Name NVIDIA Quadro FX 550M NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 225
PassMark - G2D Mark 59
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 565
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 565

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro FX 550M NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Essentials

Architecture Curie Curie
Code name G73 G73
Launch date 13 March 2006 9 March 2006
Place in performance rating not rated 1637
Type Workstation Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Price now $84.95
Value for money (0-100) 2.78

Technical info

Core clock speed 480 MHz 560 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm 90 nm
Texture fill rate 5.76 GTexel / s 6.72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 40 Watt
Transistor count 177 million 177 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 9.0c 9.0c
OpenGL 2.1 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 16 GB / s 22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 1400 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3

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