NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS Mac Edition vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS Mac Edition and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS Mac Edition

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS Mac Edition

Around 47% higher core clock speed: 675 MHz vs 460 MHz
Around 47% higher texture fill rate: 10.8 GTexel / s vs 7.36 GTexel / s
Around 58% better floating-point performance: 92.8 gflops vs 58.88 gflops
2.5x more memory clock speed: 2016 MHz vs 800 MHz

Core clock speed	675 MHz vs 460 MHz
Texture fill rate	10.8 GTexel / s vs 7.36 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	92.8 gflops vs 58.88 gflops
Memory clock speed	2016 MHz vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

Around 79% lower typical power consumption: 42 Watt vs 75 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	42 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS Mac Edition
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS Mac Edition	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700
PassMark - G3D Mark		171
PassMark - G2D Mark		36
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1252
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1252

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS Mac Edition	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G84	G84
Launch date	21 September 2007	12 September 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	1635
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$699
Price now		$89.99
Value for money (0-100)		2.77
Technical info
Core clock speed	675 MHz	460 MHz
Floating-point performance	92.8 gflops	58.88 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	32	32
Texture fill rate	10.8 GTexel / s	7.36 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	42 Watt
Transistor count	289 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
Length		168 mm
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.3 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2016 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2