NVIDIA Quadro FX 550M vs NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 550M and NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX 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).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 550M

NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 550M

2.4x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 84 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 84 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX

Around 35% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 480 MHz
2.7x more texture fill rate: 15.6 GTexel / s vs 5.76 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 480 MHz
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s vs 5.76 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 550M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 550M	NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark		388
PassMark - G2D Mark		165
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1015
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1015

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 550M	NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	G73	G71
Launch date	13 March 2006	9 March 2006
Place in performance rating	not rated	1332
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	480 MHz	650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	5.76 GTexel / s	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	84 Watt
Transistor count	177 million	278 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		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3