Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

Comparative analysis of Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600

NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 45 nm vs 55 nm
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 58 vs 44

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 May 2010 vs 9 April 2009
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 55 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	58 vs 44

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

Around 13% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 400 MHz
8x more pipelines: 32 vs 4
26.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 161 vs 6

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 400 MHz
Pipelines	32 vs 4
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	161 vs 6

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

161

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600	NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
PassMark - G3D Mark	6	161
PassMark - G2D Mark	58	44
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1687
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1687

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600	NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
Essentials
Architecture	PowerVR SGX5	Tesla
Code name	GMA 600	G96C
Launch date	1 May 2010	9 April 2009
Place in performance rating	1576	1579
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Price now		$59.46
Value for money (0-100)		5.88
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	4	32
Floating-point performance		72 gflops
Texture fill rate		7.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		40 Watt
Transistor count		314 million
API support
DirectX	9.0c	10.0
OpenGL		3.3
Memory
Shared memory	yes
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		1600 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		198 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None