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).

 

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 181
PassMark - G2D Mark 35
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 1634
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