NVIDIA Quadro 6000 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro 6000 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: 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

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 6000

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 15% higher core clock speed: 574 MHz vs 500 MHz
2x more texture fill rate: 32.1 GTexel / s vs 16 GTexel / s
4.7x more pipelines: 448 vs 96
6.4x better floating-point performance: 1,027.7 gflops vs 160 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 512 MB
Around 87% higher memory clock speed: 2988 MHz vs 1600 MHz
5.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2691 vs 467
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 449 vs 365
Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3335 vs 1820
Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3335 vs 1820

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 December 2010 vs 23 February 2008
Core clock speed	574 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	32.1 GTexel / s vs 16 GTexel / s
Pipelines	448 vs 96
Floating-point performance	1,027.7 gflops vs 160 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	2988 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2691 vs 467
PassMark - G2D Mark	449 vs 365
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3335 vs 1820
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3335 vs 1820

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

2.9x lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 204 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 204 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro 6000
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2691

467

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

449

365

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3335

1820

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3335

1820

Name	NVIDIA Quadro 6000	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M
PassMark - G3D Mark	2691	467
PassMark - G2D Mark	449	365
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	1820
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3501
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3335	1820

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro 6000	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Tesla
Code name	GF100	G92
Launch date	10 December 2010	23 February 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$4,399
Place in performance rating	780	783
Price now	$332.21
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	12.86
Technical info
Core clock speed	574 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,027.7 gflops	160 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	448	96
Texture fill rate	32.1 GTexel / s	16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	204 Watt	70 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	754 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-HE
Length	248 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	143.4 GB / s	51.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2988 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