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NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 is a workstation graphics card. It has 256 MB of GDDR3 memory, a boost clock of 325 MHz and a 65 W board power rating. It scores 170 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 9.0c and OpenGL 2.1.

G71Workstation

4/10 key specs recorded · 21 facts

Depth: 28 recorded fields, 1 PassMark workload

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 4 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

n/a

Memory

256 MB

GDDR3

Boost clock

n/a

325 MHz base

Board power

65 W

Performance

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 scores 170 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 23.1% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #2,240), measured across 152 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 74.

PassMark G3D Mark

170

Rank #2,240
Faster than 23.1% of 2,658 GPUs
152 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 5 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 6.5% of 1,675 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 averages DirectX 9 5 fps, across 152 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Workstation

Bus interface PCIe x16

Max memory 256 MB

Core clock 375 MHz

Memory clock 800 MHz

DirectX 9.0c

OpenGL 2.1

Max TDP 65 W

First benchmarked 2009-04-08

Samples 152

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 states the PCIe x16 interface, up to 256 MB of memory, a core clock of 375 MHz, DirectX 9.0c and OpenGL 2.1, first benchmarked on 2009-04-08. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Not to be confused with

This page covers the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Graphics processor

Architecture Not recorded

Codename G71

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Transistors Not recorded

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The NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 uses the G71 graphics processor.

Shader configuration

Shading units Not recorded

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Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 16

Render output units (ROPs) 16

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 16 texture mapping units and 16 render output units.

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500.

Clock speeds

Base clock 325 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 runs at a base clock of 325 MHz.

Memory

Size 256 MB

Type GDDR3

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 is equipped with 256 MB of GDDR3 memory.

Board and power

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 has a board power rating of 65 W and it connects over PCIe x16.

Board power (TDP) 65 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

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Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe x16

Market

Launched Not recorded

Launch price Not recorded

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Segment Workstation

Series Quadro

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 170

PassMark G2D 74

Rank #2,240

Samples 152

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 supports DirectX 9.0c and OpenGL 2.1.

DirectX 9.0c (stated by PassMark)

OpenGL 2.1

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500.