NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M 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 8800 GTS 512

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 4% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 625 MHz
4.2x more texture fill rate: 41.6 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 128 vs 32
5.2x better floating-point performance: 416.0 gflops vs 80 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
Around 3% higher memory clock speed: 1640 MHz vs 1600 MHz
4.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 568 vs 131

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 December 2007 vs 1 June 2007
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	41.6 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Pipelines	128 vs 32
Floating-point performance	416.0 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Memory clock speed	1640 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	568 vs 131

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

2.7x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 135 Watt
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 109 vs 77

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 135 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	109 vs 77

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

568

131

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

109

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
PassMark - G3D Mark	568	131
PassMark - G2D Mark	77	109
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G92	G84
Launch date	11 December 2007	1 June 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$349	$149.90
Place in performance rating	1308	1309
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Price now		$149.90
Value for money (0-100)		1.87
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	416.0 gflops	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	128	32
Texture fill rate	41.6 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	135 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-HE
Length	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	52.5 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1640 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory		0