NVIDIA Quadro4 500 Go GL vs NVIDIA GeForce4 448 Go

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro4 500 Go GL and NVIDIA GeForce4 448 Go 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 Quadro4 500 Go GL

NVIDIA GeForce4 448 Go

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro4 500 Go GL

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 10% higher core clock speed: 220 MHz vs 200 MHz
Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 880 MTexel / s vs 800 MTexel / s

Launch date	23 April 2002 vs 1 March 2002
Core clock speed	220 MHz vs 200 MHz
Texture fill rate	880 MTexel / s vs 800 MTexel / s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce4 448 Go

Around 82% higher memory clock speed: 400 MHz vs 220 MHz

Memory clock speed	400 MHz vs 220 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro4 500 Go GL
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 448 Go

Name	NVIDIA Quadro4 500 Go GL	NVIDIA GeForce4 448 Go
PassMark - G3D Mark		6
PassMark - G2D Mark		199

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro4 500 Go GL	NVIDIA GeForce4 448 Go
Essentials
Architecture	Celsius	Celsius
Code name	NV17 A4	NV18 A4
Launch date	23 April 2002	1 March 2002
Place in performance rating	not rated	892
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	220 MHz	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	880 MTexel / s	800 MTexel / s
Transistor count	29 million	29 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x	AGP 8x
API support
DirectX	8.0	8.0
OpenGL	1.3	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	3.52 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	220 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	SDR	DDR