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 |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | None |
Length | 168 mm | |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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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 |