NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 0 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 66% higher core clock speed: 540 MHz vs 325 MHz
Around 32% higher texture fill rate: 8.6 billion / sec vs 6.5 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
Around 38% lower typical power consumption: 47 Watt vs 65 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1397 vs 486
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1397 vs 486

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 April 2007 vs 20 April 2006
Core clock speed	540 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	8.6 billion / sec vs 6.5 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watt vs 65 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1397 vs 486
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1397 vs 486

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

Around 79% higher memory clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 170 vs 131
Around 76% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 74 vs 42

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	170 vs 131
PassMark - G2D Mark	74 vs 42

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

131

170

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1397

486

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1397

486

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500
PassMark - G3D Mark	131	170
PassMark - G2D Mark	42	74
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	449
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	449
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1397	486
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1397	486

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G84	G71
Launch date	17 April 2007	20 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$159	$699
Place in performance rating	1621	1622
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Price now		$109.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.84
Technical info
Core clock speed	540 MHz	325 MHz
Floating-point performance	76.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	32
Texture fill rate	8.6 billion / sec	6.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	289 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	170 mm	173 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	40.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU	256 MB
Technologies
SLI