NVIDIA Quadro FX Go540 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX Go540 and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra 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.

NVIDIA Quadro FX Go540

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX Go540

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
3.2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 81 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 81 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

Around 33% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 300 MHz
2.7x more texture fill rate: 6.4 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
2.4x more memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 450 MHz

Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz vs 450 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX Go540
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX Go540	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark		139
PassMark - G2D Mark		153

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX Go540	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	NV43 A4	NV40 A1
Launch date	9 August 2004	26 July 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	1106
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Technical info
Core clock speed	300 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s	6.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	81 Watt
Transistor count	146 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		197 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	7.2 GB / s	35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	450 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	DDR	GDDR3