NVIDIA Quadro FX 770M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 770M and NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS 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 770M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
  • Around 5% higher texture fill rate: 8 GTexel / s vs 7.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 32% better floating-point performance: 80 gflops vs 60.8 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
  • 2.3x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 700 MHz
  • Around 65% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 221 vs 134
  • Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1640 vs 1053
  • Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1640 vs 1053
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 14 August 2008 vs 1 February 2008
Texture fill rate 8 GTexel / s vs 7.6 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 80 gflops vs 60.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm vs 80 nm
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 221 vs 134
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1640 vs 1053
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1640 vs 1053

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS

  • Around 90% higher core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • Around 75% lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 59 vs 37
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 950 MHz vs 500 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 59 vs 37

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 770M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
221
134
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
37
59
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1640
1053
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1640
1053
Name NVIDIA Quadro FX 770M NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS
PassMark - G3D Mark 221 134
PassMark - G2D Mark 37 59
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1640 1053
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1640 1053

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro FX 770M NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Tesla
Code name G96 G84
Launch date 14 August 2008 1 February 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $527
Place in performance rating 1603 1604
Price now $527
Type Mobile workstation Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 0.73

Technical info

Core clock speed 500 MHz 950 MHz
Floating-point performance 80 gflops 60.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 32 32
Texture fill rate 8 GTexel / s 7.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 20 Watt
Transistor count 314 million 289 million
CUDA cores 32

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-II PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized medium sized

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.0
OpenGL 3.3 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s 22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 700 MHz
Memory type GDDR2 / GDDR3 GDDR2 / GDDR3
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

PowerMizer 8.0