ATI Radeon HD 4860 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4860 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Radeon HD 4860

NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4860

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 17% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 17% higher texture fill rate: 22.4 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
5x more pipelines: 640 vs 128
2.6x better floating-point performance: 896.0 gflops vs 345.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
Around 32% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 171 Watt
Around 88% higher memory clock speed: 3000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 3328
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 3328

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 September 2009 vs 5 March 2007
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	22.4 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 128
Floating-point performance	896.0 gflops vs 345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 171 Watt
Memory clock speed	3000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355 vs 3328
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355 vs 3328

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

3x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 512 MB

Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 512 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4860
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3328

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3328

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4860	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355	3328
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355	3328
PassMark - G3D Mark		525
PassMark - G2D Mark		109

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4860	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV790	G80
Launch date	9 September 2009	5 March 2007
Place in performance rating	1240	1243
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,999
Price now		$179.99
Value for money (0-100)		4.92
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	896.0 gflops	345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	640	128
Texture fill rate	22.4 GTexel / s	19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	171 Watt
Transistor count	959 million	681 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
Length		254 mm
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	96.0 GB / s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	3000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3