NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 65% higher core clock speed: 823 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • 5.3x more texture fill rate: 85.25 GTexel / s vs 16 GTexel / s
  • 12x more pipelines: 1152 vs 96
  • 12.8x better floating-point performance: 2,046 gflops vs 160 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 512 MB
  • 3.5x more memory clock speed: 5600 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3325 vs 1820
  • Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3325 vs 1820
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 22 August 2012 vs 23 February 2008
Core clock speed 823 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate 85.25 GTexel / s vs 16 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1152 vs 96
Floating-point performance 2,046 gflops vs 160 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size 1536 MB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 5600 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3325 vs 1820
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3325 vs 1820

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

  • Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 130 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 70 Watt vs 130 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3325
1820
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3325
1820
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 32.718
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1021.371
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.143
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 56.509
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 67.697
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3665
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3325 1820
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3665
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3325 1820
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0
PassMark - G3D Mark 467
PassMark - G2D Mark 365

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Tesla
Code name GK104 G92
Launch date 22 August 2012 23 February 2008
Place in performance rating 811 813
Type Desktop Mobile workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 888 MHz
Core clock speed 823 MHz 500 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,046 gflops 160 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 1152 96
Texture fill rate 85.25 GTexel / s 16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt 70 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million 754 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs
HDCP
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-HE
Length 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 134.4 GB / s 51.1 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5600 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0