ATI Radeon X1950 XT AGP vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

What is the difference between ATI Radeon X1950 XT AGP and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

R580+GPU NameG70
R580+ XT
(215BAABKA31FG)
Model numberQDFX-4500-N-A2
R500ArchitectureCurie
TSMCFoundryTSMC
90 nmProcess Size110 nm
384 millionTransistors302 million
352 mm²Die Size333 mm²

Graphics Card

Oct 17th, 2006Release DateJul 28th, 2005
Radeon R500 AGP
(X1950)
FamilyQuadro FX
(x500)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
AGP 8xBus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

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

Performance

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

Clock Speeds

703 MHz
1406 Mbps effective
Memory Clock525 MHz
1050 Mbps effective
625 MHzGPU Clock430 MHz

Render Config

16TMUs24
16ROPs16
48Pixel Shaders24
8Vertex Shaders8

Board Design

Dual-slotSlot WidthDual-slot
96 WThermal design power (TDP)109 W
250 WSuggested PSU300 W
2x DVI
1x S-Video
Display Connectors2x DVI
1x S-Video
1x 6-pinPower Connectors1x 6-pin

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