NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 570

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT and NVIDIA Quadro FX 570 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

NVIDIA Quadro FX 570

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
3.5x more core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 460 MHz
5.7x more texture fill rate: 20.8 billion / sec vs 3.68 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 64 vs 16
7.1x better floating-point performance: 208 gflops vs 29.44 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 800 MHz
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 488 vs 232
3.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3161 vs 858
3.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3161 vs 858

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 February 2008 vs 12 September 2007
Core clock speed	1625 MHz vs 460 MHz
Texture fill rate	20.8 billion / sec vs 3.68 GTexel / s
Pipelines	64 vs 16
Floating-point performance	208 gflops vs 29.44 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	900 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	488 vs 232
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3161 vs 858
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3161 vs 858

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 570

2.5x lower typical power consumption: 38 Watt vs 96 Watt
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 71 vs 46

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	38 Watt vs 96 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	71 vs 46

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 570

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

488

232

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3161

858

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3161

858

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT	NVIDIA Quadro FX 570
PassMark - G3D Mark	488	232
PassMark - G2D Mark	46	71
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	0.465
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3161	858
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3161	858
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	127

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT	NVIDIA Quadro FX 570
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G94	G84
Launch date	21 February 2008	12 September 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$179	$199
Place in performance rating	1591	1592
Price now	$39.99	$89.99
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	23.72	1.66
Technical info
Core clock speed	1625 MHz	460 MHz
CUDA cores	64
Floating-point performance	208 gflops	29.44 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	64	16
Texture fill rate	20.8 billion / sec	3.68 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	96 Watt	38 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI	2x DVI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	9" (22.9 cm)	198 mm
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI