NVIDIA Quadro 600 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro 600 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS 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, 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).

NVIDIA Quadro 600

NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 600

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 21% higher core clock speed: 640 MHz vs 530 MHz
Around 50% higher pipelines: 96 vs 64
Around 45% better floating-point performance: 245.76 gflops vs 169.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 60 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 230 vs 57

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 December 2010 vs 1 November 2008
Core clock speed	640 MHz vs 530 MHz
Pipelines	96 vs 64
Floating-point performance	245.76 gflops vs 169.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 60 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	230 vs 57

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS

Around 56% higher texture fill rate: 16 billion / sec vs 10.24 GTexel / s
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 555 vs 535
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2414 vs 2037
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2414 vs 2037

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	16 billion / sec vs 10.24 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	555 vs 535
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2414 vs 2037
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2414 vs 2037

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro 600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

535

555

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

230

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2037

2414

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2037

2414

Name	NVIDIA Quadro 600	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	535	555
PassMark - G2D Mark	230	57
Geekbench - OpenCL	2056
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	5.617
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	185.752
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.444
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	8.848
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	16.137
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	899
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1255
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2037	2414
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	899
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1255
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2037	2414

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro 600	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Tesla
Code name	GF108	G94
Launch date	13 December 2010	1 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$179
Place in performance rating	1460	1461
Price now	$299
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	2.80
Technical info
Core clock speed	640 MHz	530 MHz
Floating-point performance	245.76 gflops	169.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	96	64
Texture fill rate	10.24 GTexel / s	16 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Gigaflops		254
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
Power management		8.0