ATI Radeon HD 5870 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5870 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.

ATI Radeon HD 5870

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5870

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 70% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 500 MHz
4.3x more texture fill rate: 68.0 GTexel / s vs 16 GTexel / s
16.7x more pipelines: 1600 vs 96
17x better floating-point performance: 2,720.0 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
3x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
4.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2213 vs 467
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 413 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	23 September 2009 vs 23 February 2008
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s vs 16 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1600 vs 96
Floating-point performance	2,720.0 gflops vs 160 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2213 vs 467
PassMark - G2D Mark	413 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

2.7x lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 188 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 188 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5870
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2213

467

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

413

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	ATI Radeon HD 5870	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M
PassMark - G3D Mark	2213	467
PassMark - G2D Mark	413	365
Geekbench - OpenCL	1857
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	18.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1339.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	43.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	245.813
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4541
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349	1820
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4541
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349	1820
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5870	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Cypress	G92
Design	ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date	23 September 2009	23 February 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$399
Place in performance rating	782	785
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	850 MHz
Core clock speed	850 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,720.0 gflops	160 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	1600	96
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s	16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	188 Watt	70 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	754 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
HDCP
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-HE
Length	282 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	153.6 GB / s	51.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0