AMD Radeon HD 6970M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6970M 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 6970M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6970M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 36% higher core clock speed: 680 MHz vs 500 MHz
2x more texture fill rate: 32.6 GTexel / s vs 16 GTexel / s
10x more pipelines: 960 vs 96
8.2x better floating-point performance: 1,305.6 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
2.3x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1600 MHz
4.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2270 vs 467
Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 656 vs 365
Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3342 vs 1820
Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3342 vs 1820

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 January 2011 vs 23 February 2008
Core clock speed	680 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s vs 16 GTexel / s
Pipelines	960 vs 96
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops vs 160 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2270 vs 467
PassMark - G2D Mark	656 vs 365
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3342 vs 1820
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342 vs 1820

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 75 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6970M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2270

467

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

656

365

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3342

1820

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3342

1820

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6970M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M
PassMark - G3D Mark	2270	467
PassMark - G2D Mark	656	365
Geekbench - OpenCL	3349
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	4.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	617.819
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	24.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	117.801
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3342	1820
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342	1820

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6970M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Blackcomb	G92
Launch date	4 January 2011	23 February 2008
Place in performance rating	783	784
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	680 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops	160 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	960	96
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s	16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	70 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	754 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	MXM-HE
Laptop size	large	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	115.2 GB / s	51.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0