NVIDIA Quadro FX 570 vs ATI Radeon X1650

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 570 and ATI Radeon X1650 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 570

ATI Radeon X1650

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 570

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 84% higher texture fill rate: 3.68 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm

Launch date	12 September 2007 vs 1 February 2007
Texture fill rate	3.68 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1650

Around 9% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 460 MHz
Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1615 vs 858
Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1615 vs 858

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 460 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1615 vs 858
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1615 vs 858

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 570
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1650

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

858

1615

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

858

1615

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 570	ATI Radeon X1650
PassMark - G3D Mark	233
PassMark - G2D Mark	79
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	858	1615
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	858	1615

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 570	ATI Radeon X1650
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	R500
Code name	G84	RV530
Launch date	12 September 2007	1 February 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	1563	1564
Price now	$89.99
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	1.66
Technical info
Core clock speed	460 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	29.44 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	3.68 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	38 Watt
Transistor count	289 million	157 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR2