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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

679

467

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

308

365

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3221

1820

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3221

1820

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M
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
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G94	G92
Launch date	3 March 2009	23 February 2008
Place in performance rating	778	779
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
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
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
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
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
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
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0
PureVideo HD
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0