NVIDIA Quadro 6000 vs ATI FireGL V3600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro 6000 and ATI FireGL V3600 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 6000

ATI FireGL V3600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 6000

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
6.7x more texture fill rate: 32.1 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
3.7x more pipelines: 448 vs 120
7.1x better floating-point performance: 1,027.7 gflops vs 144 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
24x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 256 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 2988 MHz vs 1000 MHz
15x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2704 vs 180
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 455 vs 399
Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3335 vs 1755
Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3335 vs 1755

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 December 2010 vs 28 June 2007
Texture fill rate	32.1 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	448 vs 120
Floating-point performance	1,027.7 gflops vs 144 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	2988 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2704 vs 180
PassMark - G2D Mark	455 vs 399
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3335 vs 1755
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3335 vs 1755

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V3600

Around 5% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 574 MHz
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 73 Watt vs 204 Watt

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 574 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	73 Watt vs 204 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro 6000
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V3600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2704

180

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

455

399

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3335

1755

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3335

1755

Name	NVIDIA Quadro 6000	ATI FireGL V3600
PassMark - G3D Mark	2704	180
PassMark - G2D Mark	455	399
Geekbench - OpenCL	9850
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	24.377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	793.755
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.66
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	34.891
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	90.839
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3501
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3335	1755
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3501
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3335	1755

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro 6000	ATI FireGL V3600
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	TeraScale
Code name	GF100	RV630
Launch date	10 December 2010	28 June 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$4,399	$299
Place in performance rating	769	771
Price now	$332.21
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	12.86
Technical info
Core clock speed	574 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,027.7 gflops	144 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	448	120
Texture fill rate	32.1 GTexel / s	4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	204 Watt	73 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	390 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	248 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	143.4 GB / s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2988 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2