NVIDIA Quadro4 700 Go GL vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro4 700 Go GL and NVIDIA Quadro FX 500 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA Quadro4 700 Go GL

NVIDIA Quadro FX 500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro4 700 Go GL

651.9x more texture fill rate: 704 MTexel / s vs 1.08 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	704 MTexel / s vs 1.08 GTexel / s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 500

Around 53% higher core clock speed: 270 MHz vs 176 MHz
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
2.4x more memory clock speed: 480 MHz vs 200 MHz

Core clock speed	270 MHz vs 176 MHz
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	480 MHz vs 200 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro4 700 Go GL	NVIDIA Quadro FX 500
Essentials
Architecture	Kelvin	Rankine
Code name	NV28 A1	NV34 A1
Launch date	5 June 2003	21 May 2003
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	176 MHz	270 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	704 MTexel / s	1.08 GTexel / s
Transistor count	36 million	45 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	8.1	9.0a
OpenGL	1.3	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	3.2 GB / s	7.68 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	200 MHz	480 MHz
Memory type	SDR	DDR