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).

 

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 865
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