AMD Radeon HD 6870 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6870 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon HD 6870

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6870

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
3.2x more texture fill rate: 50.4 GTexel / s vs 16 GTexel / s
11.7x more pipelines: 1120 vs 96
12.6x better floating-point performance: 2,016.0 gflops vs 160 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
4.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2208 vs 467
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 416 vs 365
Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 1820
Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 1820

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 October 2010 vs 23 February 2008
Texture fill rate	50.4 GTexel / s vs 16 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1120 vs 96
Floating-point performance	2,016.0 gflops vs 160 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2208 vs 467
PassMark - G2D Mark	416 vs 365
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349 vs 1820
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349 vs 1820

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

2.2x lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 151 Watt
Around 52% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 151 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6870
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2208

467

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

416

365

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3349

1820

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3349

1820

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6870	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M
PassMark - G3D Mark	2208	467
PassMark - G2D Mark	416	365
Geekbench - OpenCL	4950
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	16.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	857.798
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.346
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	45.514
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	184.41
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4238
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349	1820
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4238
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349	1820
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6870	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Barts	G92
Design	AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch date	21 October 2010	23 February 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$239
Place in performance rating	812	813
Price now	$89.99
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	38.38
Technical info
Boost clock speed	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,016.0 gflops	160 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	1120	96
Texture fill rate	50.4 GTexel / s	16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	151 Watt	70 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	754 million
Core clock speed		500 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
HDCP
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-HE
Length	220 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	11	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	134.4 GB / s	51.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0