ATI Radeon HD 4770 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4770 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 4770

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4770

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 50% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 50% higher texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 16 GTexel / s
6.7x more pipelines: 640 vs 96
6x better floating-point performance: 960.0 gflops vs 160 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
2x more memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 898 vs 467
4.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8618 vs 1820
4.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8618 vs 1820

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 April 2009 vs 23 February 2008
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s vs 16 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 96
Floating-point performance	960.0 gflops vs 160 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	898 vs 467
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8618 vs 1820
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	8618 vs 1820

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 80 Watt
3.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 365 vs 97

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 80 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	365 vs 97

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4770
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

898

467

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

365

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8618

1820

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8618

1820

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4770	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M
PassMark - G3D Mark	898	467
PassMark - G2D Mark	97	365
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8618	1820
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	8618	1820

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4770	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV740	G92
Launch date	28 April 2009	23 February 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$109
Place in performance rating	783	785
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	960.0 gflops	160 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	640	96
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s	16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	70 Watt
Transistor count	826 million	754 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-HE
Length	203 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	51.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0