NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS Mac Edition vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 370

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS Mac Edition and NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 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 370

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS Mac Edition

Around 88% higher core clock speed: 675 MHz vs 360 MHz
3.8x more texture fill rate: 10.8 GTexel / s vs 2.88 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 32 vs 16
4x better floating-point performance: 92.8 gflops vs 23.04 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 2016 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Core clock speed	675 MHz vs 360 MHz
Texture fill rate	10.8 GTexel / s vs 2.88 GTexel / s
Pipelines	32 vs 16
Floating-point performance	92.8 gflops vs 23.04 gflops
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	2016 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 370

2.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 75 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS Mac Edition
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 370

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS Mac Edition	NVIDIA Quadro FX 370
PassMark - G3D Mark		84
PassMark - G2D Mark		385
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		628
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		628

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS Mac Edition	NVIDIA Quadro FX 370
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G84	G84
Launch date	21 September 2007	12 September 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	866
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$129
Price now		$92.75
Value for money (0-100)		1.17
Technical info
Core clock speed	675 MHz	360 MHz
Floating-point performance	92.8 gflops	23.04 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	32	16
Texture fill rate	10.8 GTexel / s	2.88 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	289 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI	2x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
Length		198 mm
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.3 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2016 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2