NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
- 3x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 500 MHz
- Around 19% higher texture fill rate: 19 billion / sec vs 16 GTexel / s
- Around 20% better floating-point performance: 192 gflops vs 160 gflops
- Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 70 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
- Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 679 vs 467
- Around 77% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3221 vs 1820
- Around 77% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3221 vs 1820
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 3 March 2009 vs 23 February 2008 |
Core clock speed | 1500 MHz vs 500 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 19 billion / sec vs 16 GTexel / s |
Floating-point performance | 192 gflops vs 160 gflops |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 60 Watt vs 70 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 1 GB vs 512 MB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 679 vs 467 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3221 vs 1820 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3221 vs 1820 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M
- Around 50% higher pipelines: 96 vs 64
- Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 365 vs 308
Specifications (specs) | |
Pipelines | 96 vs 64 |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 365 vs 308 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M | NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 679 | 467 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 308 | 365 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3221 | 1820 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3221 | 1820 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M | NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Tesla | Tesla |
Code name | G94 | G92 |
Launch date | 3 March 2009 | 23 February 2008 |
Place in performance rating | 775 | 776 |
Type | Laptop | Mobile workstation |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 1500 MHz | 500 MHz |
CUDA cores | 64 | |
Floating-point performance | 192 gflops | 160 gflops |
Gigaflops | 288 | |
Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 65 nm |
Pipelines | 64 | 96 |
Texture fill rate | 19 billion / sec | 16 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 60 Watt | 70 Watt |
Transistor count | 505 million | 754 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Audio input for HDMI | S / PDIF | |
Display Connectors | VGADisplayPortDual Link DVIHDMILVDSSingle Link DVI | No outputs |
HDMI | ||
Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
HDCP | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 | |
Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | MXM-HE |
Laptop size | large | large |
MXM Type | MXM 3.0 Type-B | |
SLI options | 2-way | |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 2.1 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 512 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 51 GB / s | 51.1 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz | |
Technologies |
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HybridPower | ||
Power management | 8.0 | |
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Gigathread technology | ||
HDCP-capable | ||
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting) | ||
PCI-E 16x | ||
PowerMizer 7.0 |