These days, there are so many workstation graphics card models that it has become quite
impossible to keep up with the different configurations. Therefore, we decided
to compile this guide to provide an easy reference for those who are interested
in comparing the specifications of the various workstation graphics cards in the market as
well as those already obsolescent or obsolete.
Currently covering 121 workstation graphics cards, this comprehensive
comparison will allow you to easily compare 16 different specifications for each and every card. We hope it will prove to be a useful reference. We
will keep this guide updated regularly, so do check back for the latest updates.
To make it easy to compare the specifications, we split it up into three sections
for your convenience. However, if you prefer to compare all the graphics cards
for each company in a single table, we also have a single list which can be
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Updated the specifications of the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800, 5600, 5500 SDI and 5500 graphics cards.
Updated the specifications of the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800, 4700 X2, 4600, 4500 X2, 4500 SDI and 4500 graphics cards.
Updated the specifications of the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800, 3700, 3500, 3450 and 3400 graphics cards.
08-09-2009
5.7
Added the ATI FirePro 3D V8750, V8700 Duo and V8700 graphics cards.
Added the ATI FirePro 3D V7770 and V7750 graphics cards.
Added the ATI FirePro 3D V3750 graphics card.
Added the ATI FireGL V7700 graphics card.
Updated the specifications of the ATI FirePro 3D V5700 graphics card.
Updated the specifications of the ATI FirePro 3D V3700 graphics card.
Updated the specifications of the ATI FireGL V8650 and V8600 graphics cards.
Updated the specifications of the ATI FireGL V7600 graphics card.
Removed the ATI FireGL 2008 graphics card.
08-04-2009
5.6
Added the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800 and 1800 graphics cards.
Added the NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 and 380 graphics cards.
01-01-2009
5.5
Updated the specifications of the Matrox Marvel, Millennium and Parhelia graphics cards.
Removed the Matrox Parhelia-LX graphics card.
No. of cards: 111
05-12-2008
5.4
Added the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 & 4800 graphics cards.
Added the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2 graphics card.
Added the NVIDIA Quadro FX 470 graphics card.
Added the NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 Low Profile graphics card.
Updated the specifications of the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 graphics card.
Updated the specifications of the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 graphics card.
Updated the specifications of the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 graphics card.
Updated the specifications of the NVIDIA Quadro FX 570 graphics card.
Updated the specifications of the NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 graphics card.
No. of cards: 112
15-08-2008
5.3
Added the ATI FirePro V5700 & V3700 graphics cards.
Added the ATI FireGL V3350 and 2008 graphics cards.
Corrected the Architecture specifications for the ATI FireGL
V5600 & V3600 graphics cards.
No. of cards: 107
14-03-2008
5.2
Added the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 graphics card.
Added Core Speed & Fill Rate specifications for the ATI FireGL V7600,
V8600 & V8650 graphics cards.
Added Architecture & Transistor Count specifications for the NVIDIA
Quadro FX 1500 graphics card.
Added Vertex Shaders, ROPs, Textures / Clock & Pixel Shaders specifications
for the NVIDIA Quadro FX 370, FX 570 & FX 1700 graphics cards.
Added Core Speed, Fill Rate, Memory Bus Width, Memory Type, Memory Speed
& Memory Bandwidth specifications for the NVIDIA Quadro FX 370, FX
570 & FX 1700 graphics cards.
Corrected Manufacturing Process specifications for the NVIDIA Quadro FX
1500 graphics card.
Corrected Fill Rate specifications for the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 &
FX 5600 graphics cards.
No. of cards: 103
21-12-2007
5.1
Added the ATI FireGL V3600, V5600, V7600, V8600 &
V8650 graphics cards.
Added the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210 & NVS 290 graphics cards.
Added the NVIDIA Quadro FX 370, FX 570 & FX 1700 graphics cards.
Added the Architecture specifications for the NVIDIA Quadro FX 350, FX
550 & FX 560.
Added the Transistor Count specifications for the NVIDIA Quadro FX 550.
Corrected the Manufacturing Process specifications for the NVIDIA Quadro
FX 350 & FX 560.
Corrected the Vertex Shader Version & Pixel Shader Version specifications
for the NVIDIA Quadro FX 350 & FX 560.
No. of cards: 102
29-03-2007
5.0
Added 3 full comparison tables.
Added a new index page.
Added the ROPs, Textures / Clock and Pixel Shaders specifications for
all cards.
Added the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 and 4600 graphics cards.
Corrected the Memory Type of the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 graphics card.
No. of cards: 92
21-09-2006
4.1
Added the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 50, Quadro NVS 100 &
Quadro NVS 440 cards.
Added the Core Speed & Fill Rate specifications for NVIDIA Quadro
NVS 400.
Updated and added specifications in Card Details and Card Features section
for the NVIDIA Quadra NVS series.
Updated the Core Speed specifications for NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280.
No. of cards: 90
02-06-2006
4.0
Added the ATI FireGL 3300, FireGL 3400, FireGL 5200,
FireGL 7200, FireGL 7300 and FireGL 7350 cards.
Added the NVIDIA Quadro FX 350, Quadro FX 550 and Quadro FX 560 cards.
Added the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500, Quadro FX 4500 SDI, Quadro FX 4500 X2,
Quadro FX 5500 and Quadro FX 5500 SDI cards.
Added the Core Speed, Geometry Rate and Fill Rate specifications of the
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450 and Quadro FX 3500
Corrected the Core Speed and Fill Rate specifications of the NVIDIA Quadro
FX 500, Quadro FX 4500
Corrected the Geometry Rate specifications of the NVIDIA Quadro FX 540,
Quadro FX 1400, Quadro FX 4500
Corrected the Memory Speed and Memory Bandwidth specifications for the
NVIDIA Quadro FX 500, Quadro FX 1100, Quadro FX 1300, Quadro FX 3000,
Quadro FX 3000G, Quadro FX 4500
Corrected the OpenGL Support specifications for NVIDIA cards.
No. of cards: 87
03-11-2005
3.3
Added specifications for NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 &
Quadro NVS 285
No. of cards: 73
30-07-2005
3.2
Added the NVIDIA Quadro4 200 NVS, Quadro4 400 NVS,
Quadro4 500 XGL and Quadro4 780 XGL.
Added the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000G, Quadro FX 3450 and Quadro FX 4500.
Added the NVIDIA Quadro NVS, Quadro NVS 200, Quadro NVS 280, Quadro NVS
285 and Quadro NVS 400.
No. of cards: 73
30-03-2005
3.1
Added the ATI FireGL V5000 card.
Added the Matrox Millenium P650 PCIe card.
Added the Core & Memory Speed, Fill Rate & Memory Bandwidth specifications
for FireGL V7100, FireGL V5100, FireGL X3-256
No. of cards : 61
14-03-2005
3.0
Many thanks to Eugene Tenenbaum for these updates!
Added the NVIDIA Quadro FX 330, FX 540 and Quadro FX 4400 cards.
Added a new specification of Geometry Rate for NVIDIA cards.
Added OpenGL Support specifications for the remaining NVIDIA cards.
Corrected various mistakes in Vertex Pipelines, Vertex Shader Version,
Pixel Pipelines and Pixel Shader Version.
Corrected various mistakes in Core Speed, Fill Rate, Memory Speed and
Memory Bandwidth.
21-10-2004
2.3
Added the Architecture specifications for the ATI
FireGL X3-256, FireGL V3100, FireGL V3200, FireGL V5100 & FireGL V7100.
Added the Core Speed specifications for the ATI FireGL V3100 & FireGL
V3200.
Added the Fill Rate specifications for the ATI FireGL V3100 & FireGL
V3200.
Added the Memory Speed specifications for the ATI FireGL V3100 & FireGL
V3200.
Added the Memory Bandwidth specifications for the ATI FireGL V3100, FireGL
V3200 & FireGL V5100
Added the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300, Quadro FX 1400 & Quadro 3400.
Added the OpenGL Support specifications for the ATI FireGL 2, FireGL 3
& FireGL 4.
Added the Vertex Shader Version specifications for the ATI FireGL 2, FireGL
3 & FireGL 4.
Corrected the Manufacturing Process specifications for the ATI FireGL
V3100.
17-10-2004
2.2
Added the ATI FireGL X3-256, FireGL V3100, FireGL
V3200, FireGL V5100 and FireGL V7100 cards.
Added the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 card.
Corrected Vertex Pipeline specifications for the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000,
Quadro FX 1100, Quadro FX 2000, Quadro FX 3000, Quadro FX 3000G.
08-06-2004
2.1
Added the NVIDIA Quadro 700XGL card.
Corrected the NVIDIA Quadro4 700XGL, 750XGL, 900XGL and 980XGL cards.
Corrected the ATI FireGL X2-256t card.
23-05-2004
2.0
Revamped the Matrox section.
Updated the names of the Matrox G100 to G550 cards.
Added the Matrox Millenium P650 and P750 cards.
Added the Matrox Parhelia PCI 256MB, HR256 and Precision SGT cards.
10-05-2004
1.2
Added new specifications for the NVIDIA Quadro4 380XGL
and 550XGL GPUs.