NVIDIA Quadro FX 550M vs NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 550M and NVIDIA GeForce 7900 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 550M
- Around 7% higher core clock speed: 480 MHz vs 450 MHz
- Around 37% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 48 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Core clock speed | 480 MHz vs 450 MHz |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 35 Watt vs 48 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 512 MB vs 256 MB |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
- Around 88% higher texture fill rate: 10.8 GTexel / s vs 5.76 GTexel / s
- Around 32% higher memory clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate | 10.8 GTexel / s vs 5.76 GTexel / s |
Memory clock speed | 1320 MHz vs 1000 MHz |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 550M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
Name | NVIDIA Quadro FX 550M | NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 258 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 160 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA Quadro FX 550M | NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Curie | Curie |
Code name | G73 | G71 |
Launch date | 13 March 2006 | 9 March 2006 |
Place in performance rating | not rated | 1021 |
Type | Workstation | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 480 MHz | 450 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 90 nm |
Texture fill rate | 5.76 GTexel / s | 10.8 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 35 Watt | 48 Watt |
Transistor count | 177 million | 278 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0c | 9.0c |
OpenGL | 2.1 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 256 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 16 GB / s | 42.2 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 1320 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |