NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 SDI

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX and NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 SDI. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

G71GPU NameG71
CurieArchitectureCurie
TSMCFoundryTSMC
90 nmProcess Size90 nm
278 millionTransistors278 million
196 mm²Die Size196 mm²

Graphics Card

Mar 9th, 2006Release DateApr 20th, 2006
GeForce 7 PCIe
(7900)
FamilyQuadro FX
(x500)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
PCIe 1.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

512 MBMemory Size1024 MB
GDDR3Memory TypeGDDR3
256 bitMemory Bus256 bit
51.20 GB/sBandwidth32.32 GB/s

Performance

10.40 GPixel/sPixel fillrate10.40 GPixel/s
1.300 GVertices/sVertex fillrate1.300 GVertices/s
15.60 GTexel/sTexture fillrate15.60 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

800 MHz
1600 Mbps effective
Memory Clock505 MHz
1010 Mbps effective
650 MHzGPU Clock650 MHz

Render Config

24TMUs24
16ROPs16
24Pixel Shaders24
8Vertex Shaders8

Board Design

Single-slotSlot WidthTriple-slot
84 WThermal design power (TDP)104 W
250 WSuggested PSU300 W
2x DVI
1x S-Video
Display Connectors3x DVI
1x S-Video
1x 6-pinPower Connectors1x 6-pin
P348Board NumberP490

API support

9.0c (9_3)DirectX9.0c (9_3)
2.1OpenGL2.1
N/AOpenCLN/A
N/AVulkanN/A
3.0Shader Model3.0