ATI Radeon X1900 XTX vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

What is the difference between ATI Radeon X1900 XTX and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

R580GPU NameG70
R580 XT
(215BADBKA22FG)
Model numberQDFX-4500-N-A2
R500ArchitectureCurie
TSMCFoundryTSMC
90 nmProcess Size110 nm
384 millionTransistors302 million
352 mm²Die Size333 mm²

Graphics Card

2006Release DateJul 28th, 2005
Radeon R500 PCIe
(X1900)
FamilyQuadro FX
(x500)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
399 USDLaunch Price2,499 USD
PCIe 1.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

512 MBMemory Size512 MB
GDDR3Memory TypeGDDR3
256 bitMemory Bus256 bit
49.60 GB/sBandwidth33.60 GB/s

Performance

10.40 GPixel/sPixel fillrate6.880 GPixel/s
1.300 GVertices/sVertex fillrate860.0 MVertices/s
10.40 GTexel/sTexture fillrate10.32 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

775 MHz
1550 Mbps effective
Memory Clock525 MHz
1050 Mbps effective
650 MHzGPU Clock430 MHz

Render Config

16TMUs24
16ROPs16
48Pixel Shaders24
8Vertex Shaders8

Board Design

Dual-slotSlot WidthDual-slot
242 mm
9.5 inches
Length230 mm
9.1 inches
135 WThermal design power (TDP)109 W
300 WSuggested PSU300 W
2x DVI
1x S-Video
Display Connectors2x DVI
1x S-Video
1x 6-pinPower Connectors1x 6-pin
A520Board NumberP347,
P348

API support

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