NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT and NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT

NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 45 Watt
3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1267 vs 402
3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1267 vs 402

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 December 2007 vs 1 June 2007
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1267 vs 402
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1267 vs 402

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M

Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 104 vs 90
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 60 vs 29

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	104 vs 90
PassMark - G2D Mark	60 vs 29

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

104

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1267

402

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1267

402

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT	NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M
PassMark - G3D Mark	90	104
PassMark - G2D Mark	29	60
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1267	402
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1267	402

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT	NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G84	G84
Launch date	31 December 2007	1 June 2007
Place in performance rating	1640	1642
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	475 MHz	475 MHz
Floating-point performance	60.8 gflops	60.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	32	32
Texture fill rate	7.6 GTexel / s	7.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	289 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3, GDDR2	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0