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).

 

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 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 57 vs 43
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 43

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
43
57
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 43 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 1578 1579
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