NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 and NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 580

NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 161 vs 137
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1687 vs 1465
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1687 vs 1465

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 April 2009 vs 19 August 2008
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	161 vs 137
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1687 vs 1465
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1687 vs 1465

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT

Around 22% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 22% higher texture fill rate: 8.8 GTexel / s vs 7.2 GTexel / s
Around 18% better floating-point performance: 84.8 gflops vs 72 gflops
Around 74% lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 40 Watt
Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 57 vs 44

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	8.8 GTexel / s vs 7.2 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	84.8 gflops vs 72 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 40 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	57 vs 44

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

161

137

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1687

1465

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1687

1465

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 580	NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	161	137
PassMark - G2D Mark	44	57
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1687	1465
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1687	1465

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 580	NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G96C	G96
Launch date	9 April 2009	19 August 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	1579	1580
Price now	$59.46
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	5.88
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	72 gflops	84.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	32	32
Texture fill rate	7.2 GTexel / s	8.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	314 million
CUDA cores		32
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution		1920x1200
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Length	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
PCI-E 2.0