NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 vs NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 and NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 610 MHz vs 250 MHz
48.8x more texture fill rate: 48.8 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 150 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
4.8x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 332 MHz
244.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1222 vs 5

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 November 2008 vs 14 December 2003
Core clock speed	610 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	48.8 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 332 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1222 vs 5

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000

Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 131 vs 96

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	131 vs 96

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1222

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

131

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000
PassMark - G3D Mark	1222	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	96	131
Geekbench - OpenCL	18229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3319

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Celsius
Code name	GT200B	NV18 A4
Launch date	11 November 2008	14 December 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,499
Place in performance rating	1201	1204
Price now	$178.89
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	8.02
Technical info
Core clock speed	610 MHz	250 MHz
Floating-point performance	622.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	240
Texture fill rate	48.8 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	189 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	29 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	267 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	8.0
OpenGL	3.3	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	102.4 GB / s	2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	332 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR