NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.8x more core clock speed: 1404 MHz vs 500 MHz
4.2x more texture fill rate: 50.6 billion / sec vs 12 GTexel / s
2.5x more pipelines: 240 vs 96
2.9x better floating-point performance: 673.9 gflops vs 230.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
Around 17% higher maximum memory size: 896 MB vs 768 MB
3.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1378 vs 419

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 January 2009 vs 5 March 2007
Core clock speed	1404 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	50.6 billion / sec vs 12 GTexel / s
Pipelines	240 vs 96
Floating-point performance	673.9 gflops vs 230.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	896 MB vs 768 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1378 vs 419

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

Around 63% lower typical power consumption: 134 Watt vs 219 Watt
Around 23% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1134 MHz
Around 90% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 120 vs 63
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3230 vs 3195
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3230 vs 3195

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	134 Watt vs 219 Watt
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1134 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	120 vs 63
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3230 vs 3195
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3230 vs 3195

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1378

419

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

120

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3195

3230

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3195

3230

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
PassMark - G3D Mark	1378	419
PassMark - G2D Mark	63	120
Geekbench - OpenCL	23256
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3195	3230
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3195	3230

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT200B	G80
Launch date	15 January 2009	5 March 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$249	$1,999
Place in performance rating	1235	1237
Price now	$119.99	$143.51
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	13.43	5.45
Technical info
Core clock speed	1404 MHz	500 MHz
CUDA cores	240
Floating-point performance	673.9 gflops	230.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	240	96
Texture fill rate	50.6 billion / sec	12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	219 Watt	134 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	681 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI, 2x DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)	229 mm
SLI options	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.0	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	896 MB	768 MB
Memory bandwidth	127.0 GB / s	67.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	448 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1134 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI