NVIDIA Quadro 600 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro 600 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 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 4800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 600

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 6% higher core clock speed: 640 MHz vs 602 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
3.8x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 150 Watt
3.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 232 vs 62

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 December 2010 vs 11 November 2008
Core clock speed	640 MHz vs 602 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	232 vs 62

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

3.8x more texture fill rate: 38.5 GTexel / s vs 10.24 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 192 vs 96
Around 88% better floating-point performance: 462.3 gflops vs 245.76 gflops
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 1 GB
Around 89% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 994 vs 526
7.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 15302 vs 2100
Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 2037
Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 2037

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	38.5 GTexel / s vs 10.24 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 96
Floating-point performance	462.3 gflops vs 245.76 gflops
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	994 vs 526
Geekbench - OpenCL	15302 vs 2100
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 2037
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 2037

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro 600
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

526

994

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

232

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2100

15302

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2037

3358

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2037

3358

Name	NVIDIA Quadro 600	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800
PassMark - G3D Mark	526	994
PassMark - G2D Mark	232	62
Geekbench - OpenCL	2100	15302
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	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	899
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1255
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2037	3358

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro 600	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GF108	GT200B
Launch date	13 December 2010	11 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$179	$1,799
Place in performance rating	1471	1313
Price now	$299	$149.99
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	2.80	8.67
Technical info
Core clock speed	640 MHz	602 MHz
Floating-point performance	245.76 gflops	462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	96	192
Texture fill rate	10.24 GTexel / s	38.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	1,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3