NVIDIA Quadro 600 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro 600 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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 Quadro FX 1800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 600

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 640 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 50% higher pipelines: 96 vs 64
Around 40% better floating-point performance: 245.76 gflops vs 176 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
Around 48% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 59 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 768 MB
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 526 vs 402
4.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 232 vs 57

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 December 2010 vs 30 March 2009
Core clock speed	640 MHz vs 550 MHz
Pipelines	96 vs 64
Floating-point performance	245.76 gflops vs 176 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 59 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 768 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	526 vs 402
PassMark - G2D Mark	232 vs 57

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

Around 72% higher texture fill rate: 17.6 GTexel / s vs 10.24 GTexel / s
Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2917 vs 2037
Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2917 vs 2037

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s vs 10.24 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2917 vs 2037
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2917 vs 2037

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro 600
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

526

402

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

232

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2037

2917

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2037

2917

Name	NVIDIA Quadro 600	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
PassMark - G3D Mark	526	402
PassMark - G2D Mark	232	57
Geekbench - OpenCL	2100
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)	0.526
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	9.023
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	2917
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	899
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1255
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2037	2917

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro 600	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Tesla
Code name	GF108	G94
Launch date	13 December 2010	30 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$179	$489
Place in performance rating	1471	1429
Price now	$299	$186.29
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	2.80	4.05
Technical info
Core clock speed	640 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	245.76 gflops	176 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	96	64
Texture fill rate	10.24 GTexel / s	17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt	59 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	505 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	768 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3